From the recording Hi‘ipoi - track 6. Beautiful Kaua'i
Track 6. Beautiful Kaua‘i 4:25 (Randy Haleakalā Farden)Randy Farden, who lived on O‘ahu, wrote this hapa-haole song while remembering the beautiful view from his room at the famous Coco Palms Hotel on the Garden Isle. Jim’s solo version – more languid and nahenahe than any other we’ve heard – was so beautiful that Paula decided harmony would be “gilding the lily.”
Lyrics
Beautiful Kaua'i
By Rudolph "Randy" Haleakala Farden
There's an island across the sea Beautiful Kaua'i, beautiful Kaua'i And it's calling, yes calling to me Beautiful Kaua'i, beautiful Kaua'i In the mist of Fern Grotto Mother Nature made her home And the falls of Wailua Where lovers often roam So I'll return to My isle across the sea Beautiful Kaua'i, beautiful Kaua'i Where my true love is waiting for me Beautiful Kaua'i, beautiful Kaua'i