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Grandma Got Knocked Over By A Big Wave
"Haliaka" Harriet Riendeau ©1995

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Grandma got knocked over by a big wave walking on the beach called Waikiki You might say there's no such thing as tidal, but as for all the surfers they believe

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She ate too much poi mochi then she put her wetsuit on
She forgot her surfboard leashes then she slid out of the door and she was gone
When we found her on the shoreline not too far from the bonsai
She had starfish on her forehead and a pretty little shell stuck on her thigh

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Grandma got knocked over by a big wave walking on the beach called Waikiki
You might say there's no such thing as tidal, but as for all the surfers they believe

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Now we're all so proud of grandpa he's been acting very calm
see him online sending email drink Okolehao (A-kaw-lee-how) and sing with uncle Tom
It was King Kahmeahmeah That she had a big crush on
And we just can't help but wonder should we spread her ashes on his royal lawn?

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Grandma got knocked over by a big wave walking on the beach called Waikiki Feel the whoosh of earth and air and water curling over oh -so- easily


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Now the funeral is over and waves are getting big, ahhhh
and blue and white capped water carries ashes so that we don't have to dig
We've been warned by all the surfers we should watch the ocean swell
when we comb the beach for seashells Listen closely we can still hear Grandma yell!

sing it surfers

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Grandma got knocked over by a big wave walking on the beach called Waikiki
You might say there's no such thing as tidal, but as for all the surfers they believe

chorus

Grandma got knocked over by a big wave walking on the beach called Waikiki Feel the whoosh of earth and air and water curling over oh -so- easily curling over oh -so- easily
curling over oh -so- easily