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Welcoming-Song

Call to the man to come in,

And eat till the mouth is estopt;

And this the reward, the voice,

Simply the voice.

The cantillation of the mele komo: in answer to the visitor's petition, meant not only the opening to him of the halau door, but also his welcome to the life of the halau as a heart-guest of honor, trebly welcome as the bringer of fresh tidings from the outside world.