My Pupule Lio

My Pupule Lio (My Crazy Horse) - Helo Domenici

Hele honohono lio noho wau
From a kai yai yippee from a kai yai yippee
Auwē, auwē.

When I get on my pupule lio
Every thing seems fine, okay
But when I say hele holo lio
He huli back the other way

All he likes to do is just pāʻina
When he sleeps you always hear him bray
Never can I go a holo lio
My pupule lio, auwē!

When I say get up there
He pili a huli too
Maybe he kolohe or kākiʻo, too
He's kaumaha nui and momona, too
He's maka paʻa, why he's really kāhū lu

Oh I wish that I could sell this lio
For he's really, very dear to me
Pretty soon he's going to drive me lolo
My pupule lio, auwē!

My pupule lio, auwē!

Source: Murky, Munster Records - Translation of Hawaiian words: Auwē (alas), hele holo lio (giddiyap horse), huli (turn), pāʻina (eat), holo lio (ride horse), pili (hold on), kolohe (rascal), kākiʻo (scarred), kaumaha nui (very sad), momona (fat), maka paʻa (blind), kāhū lu (so fat that flesh wobbles), lolo (crazy)