My Bird Of Paradise
Composer(s): Irving Berlin
Performer(s): Peerless Quartet;
Hilo Hawaiian Orch.; Ethel Levey



In Honolulu far away 
A maiden who could not be gay 
is feeling so much better since she received a letter
From her Hawaiian lover came a little tender note
She's so excited and so delighted for this is what he wrote

In Honolulu by the sea 
A maiden's waiting patiently and as a ship goes past her 
Her little heart beats faster
He'll soon be landing at the pier 
She's waiting for the boat
He won't forget her for in his letter her sweet Hawaiian wrote

Wait for me, My Honolulu girl
My Hula hula girl I'm coming back to you 
That sunny sky land Hawaiian Island 
Will soon be my land 
I hear a ukalele strumming gaily
In my dreams You seem to say to me
Come back and play to me that melody 
Oh, so nice! 
So if you love me still my things I'll pack again 
Then I'll be coming back again to you, my bird of Paradise