Hukilau with Me!
Have you ever heard the Hukilau Song? Don Ho sang it. It was written by Jack Owens.
This is a fun link to hear part of the song. It isn't being sung by Don Ho here, but I wasn't able to find a link to his version. It is a happy sort of song.
The Hukilau Song - Maile Serenaders
You might be thinking...Why do you have that song stuck in your head tonight??
Isn't it the type of song you usually find yourself humming unawares? Well, it is if you have heard it before and something triggers it in your mind. Just wait. You are going to think of the word Hukilau tomorrow and suddenly you will find yourself humming along. It might even drive you to learn the Hukilau Hula created just for the song.
So, what is a Hukilau?
Here are the full lyrics of the Hukilau Song by Jack Owens:
So now to answer that question. Why is the song stuck in my head tonight?
Tonight during timeouts in the Suns vs Mavericks playoff game, I watched the national spelling bee on ABC. There was a boy from Gilbert, Arizona in the final 13 out of originally 225 contestants. He was the final remaining home schooled contestant too. Something his mom ought to be very proud of. I know tonight there is a little video of him over at ABC.com. His name is Jonathan Horton. Anyway, this is a bit sidetracked. The reason the Hukilau Song is stuck in my head is that Hukilau was one of the words used in the spelling Bee tonight. I thought it was really cool to have actually heard one of the words before. I bet they will have a better story tomorrow on the web site about the conversation. Tonight I could only find this prestory.
So, I will be humming Hukilau at least until I take the kids to see Clifford's Big Red Movie tomorrow as part of the summer movie program here.
Oh and that Suns game? They lost. I got rather irritated at the TV. I yelled at screamed at it, but it still wouldn't show me a Suns victory. Stupid TV.
This is a fun link to hear part of the song. It isn't being sung by Don Ho here, but I wasn't able to find a link to his version. It is a happy sort of song.
The Hukilau Song - Maile Serenaders
You might be thinking...Why do you have that song stuck in your head tonight??
Isn't it the type of song you usually find yourself humming unawares? Well, it is if you have heard it before and something triggers it in your mind. Just wait. You are going to think of the word Hukilau tomorrow and suddenly you will find yourself humming along. It might even drive you to learn the Hukilau Hula created just for the song.
So, what is a Hukilau?
A Hukilau is an old Hawaiian way of using a large net to catch a lot of fish. Huki means to pull and lau means leaf. The Hawaiians caught a lot of fish at a hukilau. The Ti leaves that hung down from the net made shadows that scared the fish into the middle of the net. The Hawaiians scared the fish away too. A lot of people gathered around to help pull in the net. The Hawaiians had a lot of fun working together at a hukilau. The Hawaiians shared the fish that they caught.
Here are the full lyrics of the Hukilau Song by Jack Owens:
THE HUKILAU SONG
© 1948
Lyrics & Music: Jack Owens
Recordings:
CD: Hukilau Hulas (GNP Crescendo GNPD 35)
Oh, we're going to a hukilau
A huki, huki, huki, huki, hukilau
Ev'rybody loves a hukilau
Where the laulau is the kau kau at the big luau
We'll throw our nets out into the sea And all the ama ama come-a swimming to me Oh, we're going to a hukilau
A huki, huki, huki, huki, hukilau
Ev'rybody loves a hukilau
Where the laulau is the kau kau at the hukilau
What a beautiful day for fishing
In the old Hawaiian way
All the hukilau nets are swishing
Down in old Laie Bay
Oh, we're going to a hukilau
A huki, huki, huki, huki, hukilau
Ev'rybody loves a hukilau
Where the laulau is the kau kau at the big luau
So now to answer that question. Why is the song stuck in my head tonight?
Tonight during timeouts in the Suns vs Mavericks playoff game, I watched the national spelling bee on ABC. There was a boy from Gilbert, Arizona in the final 13 out of originally 225 contestants. He was the final remaining home schooled contestant too. Something his mom ought to be very proud of. I know tonight there is a little video of him over at ABC.com. His name is Jonathan Horton. Anyway, this is a bit sidetracked. The reason the Hukilau Song is stuck in my head is that Hukilau was one of the words used in the spelling Bee tonight. I thought it was really cool to have actually heard one of the words before. I bet they will have a better story tomorrow on the web site about the conversation. Tonight I could only find this prestory.
So, I will be humming Hukilau at least until I take the kids to see Clifford's Big Red Movie tomorrow as part of the summer movie program here.
Oh and that Suns game? They lost. I got rather irritated at the TV. I yelled at screamed at it, but it still wouldn't show me a Suns victory. Stupid TV.
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Well, I think that song is better to hum to yourself as you go about the day than "I Like to MOve it Move it!" Not very good when you're in the grocery store! Hy husband does lots of shouting at the T.V. when his teams lose. Then he goes into a depression! Ha!
The moment I saw on the news that the Sun's lost, I thought 'oh, Oshee will be so unhappy...'
Do we all have to spit now when we say Dallas? ;)
Isn't that song in the Lilo and Stitch movie? Seems to me that's where I know it from.
Cheerios-
You'd be surprised what I've caught myself singing along to as I walk down the aisles of the grocery store. I worked in grocery for 6 years in my earlier life and it was always late at night. I used to sing along without realizing it all the time. Even later when shopping I'd do it. LOL.
My husband does a good job of staying optimistic to the end of a game and then helping me snap out of it after a loss. Thank goodness I have him.
-I've not gone that far yet Marlo. LOL The Suns could still pull it out! It is not over. Remember they have come back from worse!
He he he..
I love that you thought of me upon hearing of the loss tho Marlo. It just brightened my day.
Heather-
No, I don't think the Hukilau Song is in Lilo and Stitch. I learned the song as it was background music during a documentary I saw about Laie, Hawaii. I'm not sure what else it might be in.
Thats cool. I never knew that.
Now I have the song in my head!
We caught the very end of the spelling bee the other night and my hubbie was so proud he knew one of the words. It was koine, as in Greek. We both knew this one because of his Bible degree. It's funny how smart we felt when we were familiar with ONE of the words these 12 year olds were spelling! Ha, ha!
I think I first heard of Don Ho and the Hukiau when the Bradey Bunch went to Hawaii - or some other show like that. It's a catchy tune I'll tell ya . . .
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Hey Oshee. I liked your post about the "Hukilau Song." Jack Owens, who wrote the song as you already know, was actually my grand uncle (my mom's uncle). Cool huh??
It's alot of fun seeing that you've enjoyed his catchy song. Owens wrote, co-wrote, and sang a number of other well-known songs from that era, too.
And I bet you had no idea either that Jack Owens retired to Pheonix, AZ with his family in the late 1950's.
You probably don't follow the Dodgers, but if you did, you might have heard of the famous Peanut Man at Dodger Stadium, Roger Owens. Well, you got it, Jack was also his uncle. I've written a book, "The Perfect Pitch." It's the biography of Roger Owens, but it also covers a little bit about Jack Owens.
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