Humuhumunukunukuapaua’a

Karl Hitsemann (ASCAP) © 2006 Plank Road Publishing, Inc. • All Rights Reserved • Used

by permissionPowerpoint by Barbara Walton

If you ever

make the journey to Hawaii.

You’ll find blue skies and an ocean warm and clear.

In that ocean

lives a fishy bright and happy.

He swims around all day

tryin’ to say his name.

He’s called the Humuhumu….nukunuku…….apaua’a

He’s called the Humuhumu….nukunuku…….apaua’a

He’s the very cool fish

with the really, really long name.

Spoken solos:

Kid 1: Humu booboo acapoocoo?

Kid 2: No, no, no. It’s “Humuhumunukunukuapaua’a”. It can only be found in Hawaii and it’s their state fish.

Kid 1: Oh, okay…. Humu coocoo moomoo frufru?

Kid 2: Can you sing it again!?

He’s called the Humuhumu….nukunuku…….apaua’a

He’s called the Humuhumu….nukunuku…….apaua’a

He’s the very cool fish

with the really, really long name.

Spoken solos:

Kid 1 Humuhumunukunukuapaua’a…that’s a beautiful name. I’ll bet it means “walking along the shores of Waikiki.”

Kid 2: Actually, it means “fish that comes out of the water and sounds like a pig.”

Kid 1: Really?!

Kid 2 Really.

He’s called the Humuhumu….nukunuku…….apaua’a

He’s called the Humuhumu….nukunuku…….apaua’a

He’s the very cool fish

with the really, really long name.

He’s the very cool fish

with the really, really long name.

Aloha!