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DARLENE AHUNA MELANA E' LYRICS

by Francis Samuel Ka'a'a

Meleana ê, Meleana ho'i
Meleana ka wahine lomilomi ia

Meleana ê, Meleana ho'i
O 'oe kai pono o ka ua

Meleana ê, Meleana ho'i
O ka ipu kukui mâlamalama

Meleana ê, Meleana ho'i
I ka lepo ulaula o Kapahulu

Meleana ê,, Meleana ho''i
O ka otomobile a'e aukuauku 'ana

Meleana ê, Meleana ho'i
E ala mai 'oe moe loa nei

Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana
Meleana ka wahine lomilomi ia



Heed me Maryann, Maryann come
Woman, come and massage me

Listen Maryann, Maryann come
You are so right for me

Pay attention Maryann, Maryann come
You are my light

Heed me Maryann, Maryann come
The red dirt of Kapahulu

Listen Maryann, Maryann come
The automobile sways back and forth

Hey Maryann, Maryann come
Come and sleep here tonight

Tell the refrain
Maryann, the woman who massages

Source: Jon Omi Keoni who acquired this information from Maryann's half sister, Francis Ka'a'a Na'ehu, an employee of the Federal Post Office in Honolulu. - This song was written for the composer's daughter, Maryann Ka'a'a Dias, the mother of the former Farrington High School football coach Skippa Dias. Maryann or Meleana used to massage her father's shoulders when she was a young girl. Lomi lomi i'a means to massage the fish. She was of Hawaiian-Scandinavian extraction and lived at the turn of the century.