Nu Oli (An Hawaiian carol)

 

Nuoli! nuoli! he nu kamaha'o!
He nu no ke ola mai luna mai no,
No kanaka nui, no kamali'i nei,
A oi ka nani i ke gula a'ia'i

Nu oli! nu oli! nu kamaha'o!
Kamaha'o! kamaha'o! e!
Nu oli! nu oli!
He nu no ke ola, e hau'oli e!

Glad tidings! glad tidings!
O wonderful love!
A message has come from the angels above;
Good news of real joy come to young and to old,
For Jesus brings mercy more precious than gold.

Glad tidings, glad tidings!
O wonderful, wonderful, wonderful love!
Glad tidings, glad tidings!
We hail the glad tidings of wonderful love.

Music: Nu Oli Robert Lowry (19th C)
Words: Hawaiian--Lorenzo Lyons, English--Fanny Crosby (19th C)
Sequence: Cathouse Pandemonium, Ltd.