Historic Sheet Music Collection
Title
Document Type
Score
Publication Date
1921
Lyrics
Where the feathered palm trees lightly sway,
High above the blue Hawaiian bay;
Set in opal, rose and pearl,
Are my mem’ries of a girl;
Could I send a message to her I’d say
When it’s moonlight in Kalua,
Night like this is divine
It was moonlight in Kalua,
When your kisses met mine
Although the rose and jasmine bloom as fair,
And love is calling through the scented air, ev’ry where
It is lonely in Kalua,
Because you are not there. there.
Shadows fall from ev’ry haunted pine,
Where the moonrays on the water shine;
There’s a road of spangled blue,
That would lead me straight to you;
Could I only follow the silver line
When it’s moonlight in Kalua,
Night like this is divine
It was moonlight in Kalua,
When your kisses met mine
Although the rose and jasmine bloom as fair,
And love is calling through the scented air, ev’ry where
It is lonely in Kalua,
Because you are not there. there.
Recommended Citation
Caldwell, Anne and Kern, Jerome, "Ka-lu-a" (1921). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 784.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/784
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
Ka-lu-a
Words by Anne Caldwell
Music by Jerome Kern
New York: T. B. Harms Co. (1921)
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