Hawaiian War Chant (ta-hu-wa-hu-wai) Lyrics - The Ames Brothers

There's a sunny little, funny little melody 

It was started by a native down in Waikiki 

He would gather a crowd down beside the sea 

And they'd play his gay Hawaiian Chant 

Soon the other little natives started singing it 

And the hula hula maidens starting swinging it 

Like a tropical storm, that's the way it hit 

Funny little gay Hawaiian chant 

Au we ta huala 

Au we ta huala 

Though it started on an island down Hawaii way 

It's as popular in Tennessee or Ioway 

If you wander into any cabaret 

You will hear this gay Hawaiian chant 

Au we ta huala 

Au we ta huala 

Au we atuala 

Au we atuala 

There's a sunny little, funny little melody 

It was started by a native down in Waikiki 

He would gather a crowd down beside the sea 

And they'd play his gay Hawaiian Chant 

Soon the other little natives started singing it 

And the hula hula maidens starting swinging it 

Like a tropical storm, that's the way it hit 

Funny little gay Hawaiian chant 

Au we ta huala 

Au we ta huala 

Au we atuala 

Au we 

Funny little gay Hawaiian chant 

Funny little gay Hawaiian chant 

Funny little gay Hawaiian chant