there s a sunny little funny little melody that was started by a native down in waikiki he would gather a crowd down beside the sea and they d play his gay hawaiian chant soon the other little natives started singin it and the hula hula maidens started swingin it like a tropical storm that s the way it hit funny little gay hawaiian chant ow way tah tualan me big bad fightin man tho it started on an island down hawaii way it s as popular in tennessee or ioway if you wander into any cabaret you will hear this gay hawaiian chant