Aunty Genoa Keawe - Coconut Willie

Naughty Abbie, Aunty Genoa Keawe and Her Hula Maids singing Coconut Willie. My Grandpa was in the Navy, stationed at Kaneohe Marine Corps Base on Oahu, in 1946. He says this song was always on the radio then. Here are the lyrics: Coconut Willie lives in a tree Plenty pupule it's easy to see All the malihinis think he's a king They come to Wakiki to see his opu swing Now Willie learned to shake his opu At the very tender age of two His Uncle Laulau and his Aunty Pinau Taught him how to do it at his baby luau Willie did his hula dance one day In the Senate of the U.S.A. And now I'll relate, though maybe it's fate That's why they'll make Hawai`i Nei the 49th state One night when the moon was high Willie took a trip to Moloka`i He drank some oke and got so high He thaught he was a Mynah Bird and tried to fly One day to help the tourist trade Willie rumba'd with a Cuban maid He shouted "Auwe! His rumba's okay But opu and okole no can shake that way An heiress with an eye for romance Took willie out one night to dance This you shouldn't repeat, but he's out in the street For dancing at the Royal in his luau feet Willie tangled with the police one day For dancing in the certain way But the judge paid the bail, or at least that's the tale So Willie shook his opu in the county jail Coconut Willie lives in a tree Plenty pupule, it's easy to see All the the malihinis think he's a king They come to Waikiki to see his opu swing His big fat opu swing Aloha and thank you for watching!