There's a place in Hawaii That is very dear to me I am homesick as can be Won't you listen to my plea? I want to go back to the little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii I want to be with all the kanes and wahines that I used to know long ago I can hear the old guitars a-playing on the beach at Honaunau I can hear the old Hawaiians saying "Komo mai no kaua i ka hale welakahao" It won't be long till my ship will be sailing back to Kona A grand old place that's always fair to see (yes siree) Well I'm just a little Hawaiian and a 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, Hawaii Where the humuhumunukunukuapuaa go swimming by It won't be long till my ship will be sailing back to Kona Where the humuhumunukunukuapuaa go swimming by