Ala Moana

a song of Hawaii, 1922
words by Bob Lukens
music by Johnny Noble


The sheet music:


Accompaniment:


Lyrics

  1. Out where the golden sun is shining
    Down on an island far away
    Just to be there my heart is pining
    And I’ll be back again some day
    Down on the Ala Moana
    Where I chanced to stray

Chorus
Beneath the palm trees swaying, where ukuleles play
I met a dusky maiden, she stole my heart away
Underneath the tropic skies
Oh how she wiggled and she rolled her eyes
In the land of Paradise, many miles away
My heart is ever yearning, to see her smile once more
And soon I’ll be returning, to fair Hawaii’s shore
Where the waves are rolling, to the strains of harmony
On the Ala Moana, where I long to be

  1. I’ve seen the sights of every city
    I’ve been in every foreign clime
    But there’s no place with girls so pretty
    Song birds are singing all the time
    Down on the Ala Moana
    Life is just sublime

Sung here by Fred Feild: