The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book
PART 9.—HAWAIIAN SONGS
116—HAWAIIAN BUTTERFLY
Beautiful Hu-lu down in dreamy hon-o-lu-lu
I am feeling so peculiar since I first met you
In a moonlit garden fair, Cupid ,he is warden there,
Just like the flowers you're true,
Waiting and dreaming in a garden of roses;
Sometime in the bright Hawaiian sunshine
Dear, I'm going to make you all mine,
And that is just why, Song-birds sing in tune to these words
When I come back some day, we'll fly away, Hawaiian Butterfly.
117—OH! HOW SHE COULD YACKI-WICKI-WOO
She had a Hu-la-hu-la-hick-i-boo-la-boo-la in her walk,
She has a U-ka-le-le-wick-i-wick-i-wail-i-in her talk,
And by the big Hawaiian moon,—Beneath a ban-yan tree we'd spoon.
I've been tryin' to learn "Hawaiian," Since that night in June.
She had a blinky, blinky little naughty winky in her eye
She had a "Come and kiss me, don't you dare to miss me," in her sigh.
Beneath the ban-yan parasol—She couldn't talk my talk at all
But, oh, how she could Yack-i-hack-i-wick-i-wack-i-woo,
That's love in Hon-o-lu.
118—YAAKA-HULA HICKEY DULA
I'm coming back to you my Hu-la Lou,
Beside the sea at Wai-ki-ki You'll play for me
And once again you'll sway my heart your way,
With your yaa-ka hu-la hickey du-la tune.
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