Mele Fong & her husband Richard Tom – The Hawaiian Serenaders – sing & play a medley of two Hawaiian Christmas songs sung in English and played on ukulele & u-bass over photos of past Christmas Concerts given on Maui (words below). #playuke #hawaiianmusic #Christmas
Mele’s arrangement of the medley is in F for Mele Kalikimaka Ia Oe and in D for Mele Kalikimaka with the same unique strum for ‘ukulele.
Mele Kalikimaka Ia Oe was written by Alice Namakelua and Mary Kawena Pukui to celebrate the aloha that springs up around the world during the holiday season. Mele Kalikimaka was written by R. Alex Anderson in 1949 and is the best-known Hawaiian Christmas song. Mele Kalikimaka is Hawaii’s way to say Merry Christmas to you.
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(MELE KALIKIMAKA IA OE)
Mele Kalikimaka Ia Oe
Mele Kalikimaka, Mele Kalikimaka
Kani mai na pele kani mai o oa
Mele Kalikimaka Ia Oe, Mele Kalikimaka Ia Oe
Merry, Merry Christmas to you
Merry Merry Christmas, Merry Merry Christmas
Christmas bells are ringing, ringing all over the world
Merry, Merry Christmas to you. Merry, Merry Christmas to you.
Mele Kalikimaka ia oe,
Mele Kalikimaka, Mele Kalikimaka
Puai mai ke aloha mai na puuwai a pau
Mele Kalikimaka ia oe, Mele Kalikimaka ia oe
Merry, Merry Christmas to you
Merry Merry Christmas, Merry Merry Christmas
Love is springing up from ev’ry heart one and all
Merry, Merry Christmas to you.
Mele Kalikimaka ia oe, Mele Kalikimaka ia oe.
(MELE KALIKIMAKA)
Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say
On a bright Hawaiian Christmas day
That’s the island greeting that we send to you
From the land where palm trees sway
Here we know that Christmas will be green and bright
The sun to shine by day and all the stars at night
Mele Kalikimaka is Hawaii’s way
To say Merry Christmas to you. (Hana hou and here we go)
Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say
On a bright Hawaiian Christmas day
That’s the island greeting that we send to you
From the land where palm trees sway
Here we know that Christmas will be green and bright
The sun to shine by day and all the stars at night
Mele Kalikimaka is Hawaii’s way
To say Merry Christmas, a very Merry Christmas,
To say Merry Christmas to you.
