Aloha Oe

Aloha Oe
For the 1915 film, see Aloha Oe (film).
"Aloha Oe" (Farewell to Thee) is Liliuokalani's most famous
song and a common cultural Leitmotif for Hawaii. The story of the
origin of the song has several variations.[1] They all have in
common that the song was inspired by a notable farewell embrace
given by Colonel James Harbottle Boyd during a horseback trip
taken by Princess Liliuokalani in 1877 or 1878 to the Boyd ranch
in Maunawili on the windward side of Oahu, and that the
members of the party hummed the tune on the way back to
Honolulu. Different versions tell of alternate recipients of the
embrace either Liliuokalani's sister Princess Likelike Cleghorn
or a young lady at the ranch.[2] According to the most familiar
version of the story:
This tender farewell set Liliuokalani to thinking, and
she began humming to herself on the homeward trip.
Overhearing, Charles Wilson observed, "That sounds
like The Lone Rock by the Sea," a comment with
which Liliuokalani is said to have agreed. When the
party paused to rest in an orange grove on the
Honolulu side of the Pali, the others joined in the
hummings, and the song was completed later at
Washington Place.[3]

Cover of "Aloha Oe", 1890

The Hawaii State Archives preserves a hand-written manuscript

by Liliuokalani, dated 1878, with the score of the song, the lyrics,
Liliuokalani's English translation, and her note evidently added
later: "Composed at Maunawili 1878. Played by the Royal
Hawaiian Band in San Francisco August 1883 and became very
popular." A 1913 score can be seen at the Levy Sheet Music
Collection [4].[5]

Queen Liliuokalani, 1908

Aloha Oe

Lyrics
Haaheo ka ua i n pali

Proudly swept the rain by the cliffs

Ke nihi aela i ka nahele

As it glided through the trees

E hahai (uhai) ana paha i ka liko Still following ever the bud
[6]

Pua hihi lehua o uka

The hihi lehua

Hui:

Chorus:

Aloha oe, aloha oe

Farewell to thee, farewell to thee

E ke onaona noho i ka lipo

The charming one who dwells in the shaded bowers

One fond embrace,

One fond embrace,

A hoi ae au

'Ere I depart

Until we meet again

Until we meet again

O ka halia aloha i hiki mai

Sweet memories come back to me

Ke hone ae nei i

Bringing fresh remembrances

Kuu manawa

Of the past

O oe n kau ipo aloha

Dearest one, yes, you are mine own

A loko e hana nei

From you, true love shall never depart

Tomago:

Refrain?:

Maopopo kuu ike i ka nani

I have seen and watched your loveliness

N pua rose o Maunawili

The sweet rose of Maunawili

I laila hiaia n manu

And 'tis there the birds of love dwell

Mikiala i ka nani o ka lipo

And sip the honey from your lips

Hui

Chorus

of the vale

Musicology
The song "The Lone Rock by the Sea", recalled by Charles Wilson as "The Rock Beside the Sea" and published by
Charles Crozat Converse in 1857,[7] derives from a Croatian folk song, "Sidi Mara Na Kamen Studencu" ("Girl On
The Rock").[8][9]
Musicologist Sigmund Spaeth noted that the first two measures of the melody of the chorus (which are arpeggiated
IV-I chords) resemble the chorus of George Frederick Root's 1854 song, "There's Music In The Air",[10] but
measures 3 and 4 differ from it.Wikipedia:Citation needed
The same melodic motif begins the chorus of the popular song, "Open Up Your Heart (And Let the Sunshine In)"
(1954).Wikipedia:Citation needed

Aloha Oe

In popular culture
In the Disney film Lilo & Stitch (2002), the song is sung briefly by the character Nani. It sung again by Lilo, Stitch,
and Reuben to shut down the Leroy clones. The song also appears on the soundtrack to the film's sequel Lilo and
Stitch 2:Island Favorites
In the Japanese anime Space Dandy (created in 2014), the eponymous main character is captain of a spaceship called
the Aloha Oe.
The Jack London short story Aloha Oe features the chorus of the song.

References
[1] The Queen's Songbook, by Her Majesty Queen Liliuokalani, Hui Hanai, Honolulu, 1999, pp. 38-39
[2] Aloha Oe (http:/ / huapala. org/ Aloha/ Aloha_Oe. html)
[3] Kelsey, Theodore. 1927. "The Queen's Poem 'Aloha Oe,' by Liliuokalani," Paradise of the Pacific 40: 4. Cited in The Queen's Songbook,
by Her Majesty Queen Liliuokalani. Hui Hanai, Honolulu, 1999. Dorothy Kahananui Gillett, text and music notation; Barbara Barnard Smith,
Editor. Also, see Aloha Oe (http:/ / www. originals. be/ en/ originals. php?id=149)
[4] https:/ / jscholarship. library. jhu. edu/ handle/ 1774. 2/ 30702
[5] Aloha Oe. (Farewell To Thee). [English and Hawaiian] (https:/ / jscholarship. library. jhu. edu/ handle/ 1774. 2/ 30702)
[6] A Hawaiian flower (Metrosideros tremuloides)
[7] The Rock Beside the Sea. A Romanza. (https:/ / jscholarship. library. jhu. edu/ handle/ 1774. 2/ 22134)
[8] The Originals: Aloha Oe (http:/ / www. originals. be/ en/ originals. php?id=149)
[9] Sedi mara na kamen studencu (http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=ozrM0qZ0PLM)
[10] The Story of a Musical Life, pp. 254-255 (http:/ / imslp. org/ wiki/ The_Story_of_a_Musical_Life_(Root,_George_Frederick))

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