There's a sunny little funny little melody
That 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 singin' it
And the hula hula maidens
started swingin' it
Like a tropical storm
that's the way it hit
Funny little gay Hawaiian Chant
Ow way tah tualan Me
big bad fightin' man
Tho 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