Name: Rejoyce: Little Grass Shack
Channel: Bill Cogswell, Tommy Harrison & Johnny Noble
Description: Free MP3 download. A raucous celebration of all musical things Hawaiian! (Plus a little fiddle to boot.)

Free download

A raucous celebration of all musical things Hawaiian! (Plus a little fiddle to boot.)

slack keyki hoalukanekwan

TaroPatch

Hawaiian slack key guitar (ki ho`alu) from members of TaroPatch.net

Original Hawaiian (ki hoalu) songs and arrangements from members of ...the online ohana (family) for anyone interested in learning to play this beautiful guitar style. (Slack key is traditional Hawaiian "back porch" music and has recently received more widespread exposure through George Winston's label.) The songs posted here are neither polished nor intended for commercial release; they are simply examples of slack key guitar played by regular people (both Hawaiian and haole) who love the style and want to share their learning experience with others. If you're not currently a member of , please feel free to visit us at ...we have a wealth of resources for anyone interested in playing (or just listening to) slack key guitar and a great bunch of people to make it feel like home.

Song Info

Genre

World • Traditional Hawaiian

Charts

Peak #164

Peak in subgenre #1

Author

Bill Cogswell, Tommy Harrison & Johnny Noble

Rights

2004 Rejoyce

Uploaded

October 05, 2004

Track Files

MP3

MP3 5.4 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00

Story behind the song

Rejoyce is a one-time union of Michael Morrow, Konabob Stoffer, Gordon Burt, Bob Brozman, and Sterling that took place at George Kahumaku, Jr.'s 2004 Maui Slack Key Guitar Workshop.

Gordon Burt is a professional fiddle player from Denver, Colorado, playing in several cowboy, western, and bluegrassish bands. Sterling is a young (17 year old) friend of the Kahumokus. Michael is from New Mexico and plays in a band called "Poi White Trash." Info on Konabob Stoffer can be found at http://www.konaweb.com/konabob/index.shtml and info on Bob Brozman at http://www.bobbrozman.com

Lyrics

I want to go back to my little grass shack
In Kealakekua, Hawai`i
I want to be with all the kanes and wahines
That I used to know long ago
 
I can hear the old guitars playing
On the beach at Hônaunau
I can hear the old Hawaiians saying
Komo mai no kâua i ka hale welakahao
 
It won't be long till my ship will be sailing
Back to Kona
A grand old place
That's always fair to see, you're telling me
 
I'm just a little Hawaiian
A homesick island boy
I want to go back to my fish and poi
 
I want to go back to my little grass shack
In Kealakekua, Hawai`i
Where the humuhumunukunukuâpua`a
Go swimming by