There's a sunny little, funny little melody

It 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 singing it

And the hula hula maidens starting swinging it

Like a tropical storm, that's the way it hit

Funny little gay Hawaiian chant

Au we ta huala

Au we ta huala

Though 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

Au we ta huala

Au we ta huala

Au we atuala

Au we atuala

There's a sunny little, funny little melody

It 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 singing it

And the hula hula maidens starting swinging it

Like a tropical storm, that's the way it hit

Funny little gay Hawaiian chant

Au we ta huala

Au we ta huala

Au we atuala

Au we

Funny little gay Hawaiian chant

Funny little gay Hawaiian chant

Funny little gay Hawaiian chant