From the recording Kolu
Waikīkī
(Andy Cummings)
Walking back to his hotel after a gig while on tour in Lansing, Michigan in November, 1938, musician Andy Cummings conceived this song out of homesickness for the warmth and aloha of Waikīkī.
PERSONNEL
Paula Kauapalaukī Rudman – vocals
Jim Romano – slack key guitar and vocals
Arrangement by Pūlama
Lyrics
There’s a feeling deep in my heart
Stabbing at me just like a dart
It’s a feeling heavenly
I see memories out of the past
Memories that always will last
Of that place across the sea
Waikīkī
At night when the shadows are falling
I hear your rolling surf calling
Calling and calling to me
Waikīkī
’Tis for you that my heart is yearning
My thoughts are always returning
Out there to you across the sea
CHORUS
Your tropic nights
And your wonderful charms
Are ever in my memory
And I recall when I held in my arms
An angel sweet and heavenly
Waikīkī
My whole life is empty without you
I miss that magic about you
Magic beside the sea
Magic of Waikīkī