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“Hawaiʻi Aloha,” also called “Kuʻu One Hanau,” is a revered anthem of the native Hawaiian people and Hawaiʻi residents alike. Written by the Reverend Lorenzo Lyons, (1807-1886), also known as Makua Laiana, a Christian minister who died in 1886, to an old hymn, “I Left It All With Jesus,” composed by James McGranahan (1840-1907), “Hawai‘i Aloha” was considered by the Hawaiʻi State Legislature in 1967 and by the Hawaiʻi State Constitutional Convention in 1978 to become the official state song, but “Hawaiʻi Pono‘ī,” written by King David Kalākaua and composed by Royal Hawaiian Band Master Henri Berger, was chosen instead.