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I want to go back to little grass shack
In Kealakekua, Hawaii
I want to be with all the kanes and wahines
That I knew long ago
I can hear the guitars playing
On the beach at Hônaunau
I can hear Hawaiians saying
Komo mai no kâua i ka hale welakahao
It won't be long till my ship will be sailing
Back to Kona
A grand old place
That's always fair to see, you're telling me
I'm just a little Hawaiian and
A homesick island boy
I want to go back to my fish and poi
I want to go back to my little grass shack
In Kealakekua, Hawai
Where the humuhumunukunukuâpuaa
Go swimming by
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. Hônaunau is the ancient City of Refuge and Kona is the district where both are located on the Big Island.
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