Are there are any songs about Volcanoes?

Question

I found a song by Jimmy Buffett but I think I'm going to need more than one. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

There are many found in Hawaiian music. Three of my favorites:

Beauty of Mauna Kea - Keola Beamer
Fires of Pele - Ernie Cruz Jr.
Kalapana Sands*- Ernie Cruz Jr.

*Kalapana was a town with black sand beach near Kilauea that was swallowed up by lava flows in 1990. The song is actually about the place before the lava flows, but it has taken on a special poignancy since then.

Kîlauea - Alice Nâmakelua
Firelady- "Sistah" Robi Kahakalau
Kaimana Hila* - Charles E. King
Mauna Loa - Helen Lindsey Parker

* This is a transliteration of "Diamond Head", the famous tuff ring at the end of Waikiki. The original Hawaiian name of the extinct volcano was Leahi or "forehead of the yellowfin tuna".