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Little Brown Gal/My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua Hawai'i

by The Makaha Sons

on Heke Wale No, Only The Very Best Of (2005)

Through the isles, across the blue Pacific
I've a constant longing to return
There's a reason that is quite specific
Someone for whom I yearn

It's not the islands fair that are calling to me
Not the balmy air, not the tropical sea
But it's a little brown gal in a little grass skirt
In a little grass shack in Hawai'i

It isn't Waikiki nor Kamehameha's pali
Not the beach boys free with their ho'omalimali
It's a little brown gal in a little grass skirt
In a little grass shack in Hawai'i

Through that island wonderland
She's broken all the kanes' hearts
It's not hard to understand
For that wahine is a gal of parts

I'll be leaving soon but the thrill I enjoy
Is not the island moon or the fish and the poi
It's just a little brown gal in a little grass skirt
In a little grass shack in Hawai'i
It's just a little brown gal in a little grass skirt
In a little grass shack in Hawai'i

I want to go back to my little grass shack Kealakekua, Hawai'i
I want to be along all the kanes and wahines I knew long ago,
I can hear old guitars a'playing
On the beach at Hoonaunau
I can hear the Hawaiian saying,
"Komamai no kaua ika hale welakahao"

It won't be long until my ship will be sailing back to Kona,
A grand ole place that's always fair to see
I'm just a little Hawaiian and 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'i
Where the Humuhumu, Nukunuku a puaa go swimming by
Where the Humuhumu, Nukunuku a puaa go swimming by

Through that island wonderland
She's broken all the kanes' hearts
It's not hard to understand
For that wahine is a gal of parts

I'll be leaving soon but the thrill I enjoy
Is not the island moon or the fish and the poi
It's just a little brown gal in a little grass skirt
In a little grass shack in Hawai'i
It's just a little brown gal
In a little grass skirt
In a little grass shack
In Hawai'i