MY HAWAIIAN MELODY
© 1921
Lyrics & Music: Dave Ringle & J.Fred Coots
Sheet Music: McKinley Music Co., Chicago, New York
Recordings:
CD:
By the sea at Waikiki, Hawaii
Where you hear the ukuleles play
There I heard a melody, an old Hawaiian tune
And here's what I keep singing day by day
My Hawaiian melody, your refrain keeps haunting me
I can't help humming each strain the whole day long
From the shore at 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
Spoken:
Runs through my brain like a brook in a woodland dell
I can't explain how I feel, it's so hard to tell
This melody, like a bird singing in a tree
Makes me want to sigh, wonder why, even cry, you see
I can recall all the magic that's in the tune
It haunts me now, every night, morn and afternoon
I feel so queer when I hear that sweet 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
I'll hear that sweetest melody once more
Sung:
My Hawaiian melody, your refrain keeps haunting me
I can't help humming each strain the whole day long
From the shore at 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
Mahalo to Larry W. Jones for the lyrics and sheet music image for this song.
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