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One day David Makaoi told me a story.
He was 15 years old.

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Sam Liʻa told him,
“Bring your ʻukulele and come along,

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let’s go serenading.”

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So he said,
“I went up to Sam’s house that day

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with me, myself,
and the other rest of the musicians.

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And he told us, ‘Tune your instrument.’

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And he gave us the G note on his violin,
and we were all tuned,

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and he says, ‘Let’s go!’

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And we all got on our horses,
and we headed for Waimea, the first place.

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Because Sam said, ‘If there’s any places
that we’re going to find good money,

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it would be the rich people’s place,’
and that was Waimea.

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And a little while,
we went down to Waipiʻo Valley,

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until we got to my home, and I told Sam,
‘This is where I go.’

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And Sam, and the rest of the boys,
we all got around together,

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and Sam looked at all the money
that we got for our trip serenading,

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and he cut the money
right down the middle,

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even with me, 15 years old.”