Historic Sheet Music Collection
Title
Document Type
Score
Publication Date
1921
Lyrics
By the sea at Waikiki, Hawaii,
Where you hear the ukuleles play,
There I hear a melody, an old Hawaiian tune,
And here’s what I keep singing by day:
CHORUS
My Hawaiian melody, your refrain keeps haunting me,
I can’t help humming each strain the whole day long.
From Waikiki you come drifting back to me,
And I rejoice in your sweet song.
How I wish that I were there ‘neath Hawaiian moonlight fair,
Where sweet guitars in harmony
Would play each strain again for me, my Hawaiian melody.
Some sweet day I’ll sail away to find you
Where the ripp’ling waves caress the shore,
In the land of sweetest dreams, where moonlight softly gleams,
I’ll hear that sweetest melody once more.
Recommended Citation
Ringle, Dave and Coots, J. Fred, "My Hawaiian Melody" (1921). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 971.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/971
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
My Hawaiian melody
words & music by Dave Ringle and J. Fred Coots.
Chicago : McKinley Music Co.
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