From the recording The Song Within the Song
KHBC
(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.
PERSONNEL
Paula Kauapalaukī Rudman – vocals
Jim Romano – slack key guitar and vocals
Arrangement by Pūlama
Lyrics
Aia i ka laʻi, ʻula laʻe ho
O Keaukaha lā, ʻula laʻe ho
KHBC, ʻula laʻe ho
Ka home aʻo Pele, ʻula laʻe ho
Ke ʻanapa nei, ʻula laʻe ho
Ka uila mākēneki, ʻula laʻe ho
Mea ʻole ia loa, ʻula laʻe ho
I ka hana ka uila, ʻula laʻe ho
Na ka uila, ʻula laʻe ho
E hali nei, ʻula laʻe ho
Ka leo mele, ʻula laʻe ho
A lohe ʻoukou, ʻula laʻe ho
Ke hea nei, ʻula laʻe ho
Ke mele nei, ʻula laʻe ho
ʻAuhea ʻoukou, ʻula laʻe ho
E hoʻolohe mai, ʻula laʻe ho
Haʻina ka puana, ʻula laʻe ho
Ua mele ʻia, ʻula laʻe ho
KHBC, ʻula laʻe ho
Ka home aʻo Pele, ʻula laʻe ho
There in the calm
Of Keaukaha
KHBC
The home of Pele
Sparks
The electric magnet
Distance is nothing
For the electricity’s work
Electricity
Carries
The singing voice
So you can all hear
It calls out
It sings out
Pay attention all of you
Listen in
The story is told
It is sung for
KHBC
The home of Pele