A 1921 popular song
Words and music by Louis Weslyn, Eva Applefield, and Hal Dyson.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment – player piano roll scanned by Terry Smythe:
Lyrics
- Down where the tropic breezes blow
Palm trees so gently sway
There lives a dark-eyed girl I know
And to her I will someday say
Chorus
“My little Honolulu Honey
Life is bright and sunny
Skies are clear
And troubles disappear
When you’re near
I like your pretty little island
Let me call it my land
There I’ll stay
I want to love you ever
And promise never to go away
And I would like to practise daily
On your ukulele while you do
The famous hula hula whirl
Sealing our hearts with a kiss
What could be sweeter than this?
My little Honolulu Honey
Honolulu Honey girl
Hawaiian pearl”
- Sailing from San Francisco town
Over the western sea
I’ll find my little girl of brown
Waiting there on the shore for me