MY ROSE OF WAIKIKI
© 1917
Lyrics: J. E. Dempsey Music: Earl Burtnett and Jos. A. Burks
Sheet Music: Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York
Recordings: Any Iona
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Nightly when the summer moon is beaming
Far away I know where stars are gleaming
Dusky eyes are dreaming
Shoreward where the loa trees are swaying
I can hear a ukulele playing
Strains that take me straying
Southward where the sweet Hawaiian roses grow
Where perfum'd breezes blow
I long to go, because I know
In a garden by the sea
Blooms my rose of Waikiki
Moonbeams in a silv're shower
Flood the bower of this lovely flower
Far away it seems to me
I hear someone constantly
Calling, when the shades of night are falling
O'er the sea, come back to me
My rose of Waikiki
Perfume thro' the balmy ascending
Purple shadows with the roses blending
Bring sweet dreams unending
Sadly, like a ukulele strumming
Ev'ry breeze across the ocean humming
Whispers you are coming
Someday I will wander to this paradise
Fair land of azure skies
And love-lit eyes where my heart lies
In a garden by the sea
Blooms my rose of Waikiki
Moonbeams in a silv're shower
Flood the bower of this lovely flower
Far away it seems to me
I hear someone constantly
Calling, when the shades of night are falling
O'er the sea, come back to me
My rose of Waikiki
Mahalo to Larry W. Jones for these lyrics.
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