Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 180, 4 August 1894 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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I.O.U. ) Red MAKAALA, 5:7 1/2 } White ) Green Watch to-night. Kekaina X. B. P. D. G. All meet. ALOHA AINA. (A translation of the popular Song of to-day) Famous flower Hawaii's sons Faithful ye unto our Tho' first there came the loathy Greed and fraud under their hand Yet echoes now, Great Hawaii Keane's own also Piilani's shore Kauai there too framed of Mano Kakuhihiwa's Oahu joins the roar, Ne'er put your name unto their schemes Sign no such deed of lasting shame The enemy of each and all Hawaii's sons share no such blame. In vain regrets or shameful moan Make we for wealth or former pay Their government ne'er shall say that we Have been with them a single day The very stones upon our land Shall be to us as richest meat They belonged unto our ancestors And ne'er from them shall quit of feet. Annexation, no ! that means the loss Of manhood's rights and freedom's laws Hawaiis will be classed as slaves If ye desert our Island's cause. Loyal we and firm we stand Unto our Queen till death us part Enriched forever Liliu most dear To every loyal Hawaiian heart May she soon be restored again To throne and crown, our rightful claim This only is the motto proud Attached to every patriot's name