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My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua Hawaii
Words & Music by Tommy Harrison & Johnny Noble, 1933Recorded by The Andrews Sisters, 1934
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I want to go back to my little grass shack
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In Ke - a - la - ke - ku - a, Hawaii
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I want to be with all the kanes and wahines
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That I knew long ago
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I can hear old guitars a - play - ing
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On the beach at Ho - nau - nau
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I can hear the Hawaiians say - ing
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Ko - mo mai no ka - u - a i ka ha - le we - la - ka - hao
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It won't be long till my ship will be sailing back to Kona
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A grand old place that's al - ways fair to see,
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I'm just a little Hawaiian like a homesick island boy
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I want to go back to my fish and poi
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I want to go back to my little grass shack
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In Ke - a - la - ke - ku - a, Hawaii
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Where the hu - mu hu - mu nu - ku nu - ku a - pu - a
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Go swim - ming by.
The 1934 date for The Andrews Sisters' recording is a bit of a guess; if you have specific information that can confirm or refute that, I'd love to see it.
If you're interested in trivia, the following historical footnotes are frequently found online:
This song was introduced in Kona, Hawaii at the July 4th canoe races, 1933. Kealakekua is the bay where Captain Cook was killed in 1779. Honaunau is the ancient City of Refuge and Kona is the district where both are located on the Big Island.