I Lost My Heart in Honolulu 1916

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 16 Jul 2005

Westward Ho!
I'm restless there to go
where the warm Hawaiian breezes blow
where dark eyes glow, oh! beautiful island,
Waikiki! Your beach beseeches me.
There is a reason I confess.
Come on give a guess.
Some girl? Yes!

I lost my heart in Honolulu,
where the moonbeams kiss the ocean,
here's the shrine of my devotion,
one wondrous night,
one wondrous maiden.
Down on the glist'ning coral strand
I just held her hand, understand,
Oh! midnight scene of tropic splendour.
Undreamed of dreams; love glances tender
had I a thousand hearts to lose,
I'd lose them all in Honolulu.

I lost my heart in Honolulu,
where the moonbeams kiss the ocean,
here's the shrine of my devotion,
one wondrous night,
one wondrous maiden.
Down on the glist'ning coral strand
I just held her hand, understand,
Oh! midnight scene of tropic splendour.
Undreamed of dreams; love glances tender
had I a thousand hearts to lose,
I'd lose them all in Honolulu.

Westward Ho!
In quest of her I go
while the ukelele wails its tune
I'll honeymoon with my Kituau,
Homeward Ho! By way of old Frisco,
the ukelele laid aside.
Baby now her pride.
Hail! my bride!

I lost my heart in Honolulu,
where the moonbeams kiss the ocean,
here's the shrine of my devotion,
one wondrous night,
one wondrous maiden.
Down on the glist'ning coral strand
I just held her hand, understand,
Oh! midnight scene of tropic splendour.
Undreamed of dreams; love glances tender
had I a thousand hearts to lose,
I'd lose them all in Honolulu.

I lost my heart in Honolulu,
where the moonbeams kiss the ocean,
here's the shrine of my devotion,
one wondrous night,
one wondrous maiden.
Down on the glist'ning coral strand
I just held her hand, understand,
Oh! midnight scene of tropic splendour.
Undreamed of dreams; love glances tender
had I a thousand hearts to lose,
I'd lose them all in Honolulu.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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I Lost My Heart in Honolulu 1916
A Syncopated Classic
Lyric by Will D. Cobb - Music by Gus Edwards
© MCMXVI by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., New York
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 16 July 2005 at 02.17am
in association with Doug Grierson
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