the Magic of Waikiki

A   L   O   H   A  !

 " There's a feeling deep in my heart
Stabbing at me just like a dart
It's a feeling heavenly

I see mem'ries out of the past
Memories that always will last
Of that place across the sea -

 Waikiki
At night when the shadows are falling
I hear your rolling surf calling
Calling and calling to me

Waikiki
'Tis for you that my heart is yearning
My thoughts are always returning
Out there to you across the sea

Your tropic nights and your wonderful charms
Are always in my memory
And I recall as I held in my arms
An angel sweet and heavenly

Waikiki
My whole life is empty without you
I miss that magic about you
Magic beside the sea
Magic of Waikiki "

© 1938
  Andrew Kealoha Cummings

 Lyrics & Music

first recording:

 78 rpm by Andy Cummings, 

Bell Records 1946

Andy Cummings, wrote this song 

while in Lansing, Michigan on tour 

with The Paradise Islands revue.

 ' It was a cold and foggy night

 in November 1938

 and we were walking back to our hotel

 from the theatre.

 I thought of Waikiki 

with its rolling surf, warm sunshine,

 palm trees. . .'

" Just singing this song to myself
brings tears to my eyes. . . "
 cloudia


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