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There's a sunny little, funny little melody
that was started by a native down in Waikiki,
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he would gather a crowd down beside the sea,
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and they'd play his gay Hawaiin Chant.
[Verse 2]
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Soon the other little natives started singin' it,
and the hula hula maidens starting swingin' it,
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like a tropical storm, that's the way it hit,
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funny little gay Hawaiian chant.
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Ow way, tah tualan. (2x)
[Verse 3]
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Though it started on an island down Hawaii way,
it's as popular in Tennessee or Ioway,
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if you wander into any cabaret,
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you will hear this gay Hawaiian chant
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Ow way, tah tualan. (2x)
[Interlude]
+ E - A - E - B7 - E (2x)
+ A - E - B7 - E (2x)
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[Verse 4] x2
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Tahuwai la a tahuwai wai la, ehu hene la a pili koo lua la,
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pututui lu a ite toe la, hanu lipo ita paalai.
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Ow way, tah tualan
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Ow way, tah tualan, ow way, funny little gay Hawaiian chant,
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funny little gay Hawaiian chant, funny little gay Hawaiian chant.
