MY HULA-HULA LOVE
© 1911
Lyrics: L. Edward Madden Music: Percy Wenrich
© 1957
Lyrics & Music B. Knox-J. Bowen
Sheet Music: The 1911 lyrics by Edward Madden as reprinted from the Warner Bros.
library in "Let's Play the Uke", Reser/Mann, Warner Bros Publications,1959
Jerome H. Remick, New York
Recordings:
CD:
It was silent on the isle of Ilo-ila, down Hawaii way,
A hula maiden gay strolled by the moonlit bay
There came to court her o'er the water
from the savage Zinga Zulu land
A Bolo chieftain grand who sang this lay:
Hula, oh Hawaii Hula
Smile on your Zinga Zula,
Moon shines above, Sweet jungle dove.
For you my love song is ringing,
For you, my bolo is swinging
Come be my Hula, Hula love.
The 50's Remake:
The song "Hula Love" was recorded by Buddy Knox & The Rhythm Orchids and
released in 1957. It reached the number 9 position on the Billboard Hot
100 chart in the U. S. that year.
According to the Web site "1957: Still Rockin'" at
http://www.buffnet.net/~ambrosia/liner/1957sr.htm "Hula Love" was
based on a 1911 song titled "My Hula Hula Love" by Percy Wenrich
and Edward Madden.
The 50's lyrics:
On the isle of Filalilla, way out Hiwaya way
A hula maiden gay strolled by a moonlit bay
There come a to court her over the water
from a savage Zingazulu land
A Bolo chieftain grand sang her this lay
Hula, oh Hiwaya hula
Smile on your zing gang a zula
Moon shine above
on your sweet jungle love
For you my bolo is swinging
For you my love song I'm singing
Come be my Hula Hula love
But the chieftain from the peaceful Filalilla land
would not give him her hand
Her lover took his stand
Through the rattle of the battle
as she heard his sweet voice calm and true
They fled in his canoe over water blue
And he sang
Hula, oh Hiwaya hula
Smile on your zing gang a zula
Moon shine above
on your sweet jungle love
For you my bolo is swinging
For you my love song I'm singing
Come be my Hula Hula love
Mahalo to D. P. Watts for both sets of lyrics and the whole fascinating story of this song.
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