Honolulu America Loves You 1916

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 24 May 2005

Hawaii, what are you doin'?
Hawaii, what are you doin'?
You made this wonderful nation talk of you,
yes, home of beautiful music
o'er the ocean blue,
you made America happy,
and we're much obliged to you.

Oh, Honolulu,
America loves you,
Oh, Honolulu,
we're thanking you too, we do!
You've made our poorest of families
dance to your beautiful melodies,
our millionaires are playing ukeleles too.
Your hula hula is very peculiar,
in Cafés nowadays,
that's all they do.
Up in Boston where they eat those beans,
they know what Yacki Hula means,
Oh, Honolulu,
we've got to hand it to you.

Oh, Honolulu,
America loves you,
Oh, Honolulu,
we're thanking you too, we do!
You've made our poorest of families
dance to your beautiful melodies,
our millionaires are playing ukeleles too.
Your hula hula is very pweculiar,
in Cafés nowadays,
that's all they do.
Up in Boston where they eat those beans,
they know what Yacki Hula means,
Oh, Honolulu,
we've got to hand it to you.

You made the Yankees delighted,
they dance and get all excited,
we'll all be talking' Hawaiian very soon.
You've got our orchestras playing
morning, night and noon,
all that you hear them requesting,
is a sweet Hawaiian tune.

Oh, Honolulu,
America loves you,
Oh, Honolulu,
we're thanking you too, we do!
You've made our poorest of families
dance to your beautiful melodies,
our millionaires are playing ukeleles too.
Your hula hula is very pweculiar,
in Cafés nowadays,
that's all they do.
Up in Boston where they eat those beans,
they know what Yacki Hula means,
Oh, Honolulu,
we've got to hand it to you.

Oh, Honolulu,
America loves you,
Oh, Honolulu,
we're thanking you too, we do!
You've made our poorest of families
dance to your beautiful melodies,
our millionaires are playing ukeleles too.
Your hula hula is very pweculiar,
in Cafés nowadays,
that's all they do.
Up in Boston where they eat those beans,
they know what Yacki Hula means,
Oh, Honolulu,
we've got to hand it to you.

Soft karaoke
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lyric
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Honolulu America Loves You 1916
Words by Grant Clarke and Eddie Cox
Music by Jimmie V. Monaco
Performer: [Fredk. V. Bowers]
© MCMXVI by Leo Feist, Inc., New York
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 24 May 2005 at 08.32
in association with Doug Grierson
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