BEAUTIFUL KAUAI
© 1968
Lyrics & Music: Randy Farden
Sheet Music:
Recordings:
CD: Aloha Pumehana Serenaders, Hula Gems SPC9013
There's an island across the sea
Beautiful Kauai, beautiful Kauai
And it's calling, just calling to me
Beautiful Kauai, beautiful Kauai
In the midst of fern grotto
Mother Nature made her home
'Neath the falls of Wailua
Where lovers often roam
So I'll return to my isles across the sea
Beautiful Kauai, beautiful Kauai
Where my true love is waiting for me
Beautiful Kauai, beautiful Kauai
Randy Farden wrote “Beautiful Kauai” at a hotel on the Garden Isle in 1967. It became a hit the following year after Don Ho recorded it and later became a hula standard thanks to Kawai Cockett and the Lei Kukui Serenaders.
"The song was inspired by the fantastic view of Hanalei Valley, Mount Nomolo Kama and the bay he saw from his hotel window,” said Tony Todaro, in his book Golden Years of Hawaiian Entertainment.
Farden was born in Honolulu but grew up in Waianae. He is a member of one of Hawaii's most accomplished musical families. Irmgard Farden Aluli is his aunt.
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