From the recording The Song Within The Song - track 4. KHBC
from: The Song Within The Song
track 4. KHBC 2:48 (Vicki I‘i Rodrigues)
This song was written for the very first broadcast of the Big Island’s first radio station on May 1, 1936. In March 2003, the Hilo Broadcasting Company announced the return of KHBC—“Ka home a‘o Pele” (“The home of Pele”)—to the Big Island airwaves
Lyrics
KHBCBy: Vicki Ii Rodrigues Aia i ka la‘i, ula la ‘e ho O Keaukaha la, ula la ‘e ho KHBC, ula la ‘e ho Ka home a‘o Pele, ula la ‘e ho There in the calm, yodelOf Keaukaha, yodelKHBC, yodelThe home of Pele, yodel Ke ‘anapa nei, ula la ‘e ho Ka uwila makeneki, ula la ‘e ho Mea ‘ole ia loa, ula la ‘e ho I ka hana ka uwila, ula la ‘e ho Sparks, yodelThe electric magnet yodelDistance is nothing, yodelFor the electricity’s work, yodel Na ka uwila, ula la ‘e ho E hali nei, ula la ‘e ho Ka leo mele, ula la ‘e ho A lohe ‘oukou, ula la ‘e ho Electricity, yodelCarries, yodelThe singing voice, yodelSo you can all hear, yodel Ke hea nei, ula la ‘e ho Ke mele nei, ula la ‘e ho ‘Auhea ‘oukou, ula la ‘e ho E ho‘olohe mai, ula la ‘e ho It calls out, yodelIt sings out, yodelPay attention all of you, yodelListen in, yodel Ha‘ina ka puana, ula la ‘e ho Ua mele ‘ia, ula la ‘e ho KHBC, ula la ‘e ho Ka home a‘o Pele, ula la ‘e ho The story is told, yodelIt is sung for, yodelKHBC, yodelThe home of Pele, yodel