Eia ka moʻolelo pōkole
No ke kaʻa ahi mua o Hawaiʻi Nei
Chūkū-chūkū maila, chūkū-chūkū maila
Koʻehu
(kuehu) aku ma ke alahao
Hūlō, Hūlō, no Ka Lani
e
No Ka Lani ʻO Kalākaua
Ke mea i kākau kona inoa
Ma ka Palapala no ka
chūkū-chūkū
Lohe mai e nā keiki hānau o ka ʻ āina
Lohe mai i ka moʻolelo chūkū
A i ko ʻoukou Ka Lani hope
Ka mea i kākau kona inoa
Hui:
Wū-wū Kaʻa Ahi Kahului
Ke alahao a i Wailuku
Wū-wū Kaʻa Ahi Kahului
Chūkū-chūkū mua o Hawai`i
| Here is the short story
About the first train in
Hawaiʻi
Choo-choo,choo-choo
Stirring dust along the
tracks
Hurrah! Hurrah! for the
chief
For the chief,
Kalākaua
The one who signed his
name
On the Act for the
Railroad
Listen, oh children of the
land
Listen to the train
story
And (hear) about your last
King
The one who signed his
name
Chorus:
Woo-woo! Kahului
Railroad
Tracks all the way to
Wailuku
Woo-woo! Kahului
Railroad
The first train of
Hawaiʻi
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Source: Palani Vaughan CD Hawaiʻi's Son Sings of Hawaiʻi's Royal Past
- King Kalākaua encouraged
railroad building in Hawaiʻi. July 29, 1879, the first
passenger train service was inaugurated by Kahului Railroad
Company to operate between Kahului and Wailuku, on the
island of Maui
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