BOY FROM LAUPAHOEHOE
© 1963
Lyrics, Music: Irmgard F. Aluli, Mary Kawena Pukui
English Lyrics, Music revision: Leon Pober
George S. Kanahele, in his Hawaiian Music and Musicians, includes a wonderful interview with Auntie Irmgard (p. 47) telling how she composed this song on the phone.
Sheet Music:
In Criterion's Island Song Book (Criterion Music, 1968)
Recordings:
LP: Arthur Lyman 66 HiFi Records 1031
CD: Nina Keali'iwahamana, Songs from the Island of Hawaii, Music of Polynesia 32000
Ev'rybody knows I got a happy life
Got no troubles and I got no wife
Free-er than a bird in a banyan tree
I'm the original happy me
Never have a worry, livin' on the beach
Ev'ry thing I want is in my reach
Catch a little dinner from the bright blue sea
Eat it with a haole gal, crazy for me
I do a lot of swimmin' when the sun is bright
Do a lotta lovin' in the pale moonlight
Don't know if it's better in the night or day
But I'm very happy either way
Ev'rybody knows I got a happy life
Got no troubles and I got no wife
Free-er than a bird in a banyan tree
I'm the original happy me
My back is strong and my shoulders broad
Ride the ocean on my big surf board
Catch a wave that's bigger than a mountain high
Jump on the shore and I'm still dry
When I play my ukulele and I sing my song
Nearly ev'rybody wants to sing along
Fish come a-swimmin' just to hear me too
Throw 'em in the pot and we got fish stew
Ev'rybody knows I got a happy life
Got no troubles and I got no wife
Free-er than a bird in a banyan tree
I'm the original happy me
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