Aloha ʻOe

"Aloha ʻOe" (Farewell to Thee) is Liliʻuokalani's most famous song and a common cultural symbol for Hawaii. The story of the origin of the song has several variations. They all have in common that the song was inspired by a notable farewell embrace given by Colonel James Harbottle Boyd during a horseback trip taken by Princess Liliʻuokalani in 1877 or 1878 to the Boyd ranch in Maunawili on the windward side of Oʻahu, and that the members of the party hummed the tune on the way back to Honolulu. Different versions tell of alternate recipients of the embrace either Liliʻuokalani's sister Princess Likelike Cleghorn or a young lady at the ranch. According to the most familiar version of the story:

This tender farewell set Liliʻuokalani to thinking, and she began humming to herself on the homeward trip. Overhearing, Charles Wilson observed, "That sounds like The Lone Rock by the Sea," a comment with which Liliʻuokalani is said to have agreed. When the party paused to rest in an orange grove on the Honolulu side of the Pali, the others joined in the hummings, and the song was completed later at Washington Place.

Aloha Oe (film)

Aloha Oe is a 1915 silent film drama produced by Thomas Ince and released by the Triangle Film Corporation.

Cast

  • Willard Mack - David Harmon
  • Enid Markey - Kalaniweo
  • Margaret Thompson - Dris Keith
  • Frank Borzage -
  • J. Frank Burke -
  • J. Barney Sherry -
  • John Gilbert (uncredited)
  • References

    External links

  • Aloha Oe at the Internet Movie Database
  • Aloha Oe at AllMovie
  • southseascinema.com a website devoted to island theme movies

  • Podcasts:

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    Aloha Oe

    by: Blue Hawaii Soundtrack

    Aloha-oe, aloha-oe, ikeona ona noho ikanipo
    One fond embrace ahoea ea
    Until we meet again
    Until we meet again.




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