Across The Sea - by Ernest Kaai, Ray Kinney & John Noble


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Listen to the song the birds are singing
Of the southern isles across the sea
Island gems within a coral setting
Islands of the sunny southern sea
 
Bright the sky above with golden sunshine
Flooding all the lands with warmth and light
See the palm trees swaying to the ocean
Whispering songs of love by day and night
 
Chorus I:
Across the sea an isle is calling me
Calling to the wanderer to return
Bidding me come back to fair Hawai'i
To these sunny isles across the sea
 
See the surf comes rolling ever onwards
Meets the land and melts in creamy foam
Breaks upon the shore and scatters quickly
Like a million pearls let loose to roam

Chorus II:
Across the sea those sunny isles are calling
In my dreams they seem to beckon me
Bidding me come back to dear Hawai'i
To those lovely isles across the sea

Watch the spray which melts in liquid sunshine
Tossed up from the bosom of the deep
High above in varied colors forming
Like the mermaids rising from their sleep

Chorus III:
Across the sea those sunny isles are calling
Calliing to the wanderer to return
Bidding me come back to dear Hawai'i
To those lovely isles across the sea


Ernest Kaleihoku Kaai
 

 

 

Source: Ernest Kaai (1881-1961) was born in Honolulu, educated at Punahou and was a gifted musician at age 17. He formed the first modern dance band in Honolulu, in 1904, toured the mainland playing and teaching Hawaiian music along the way, and died in Miami Springs, Florida. Recorded by Alfred Aholo Apaka, Hawaii's Golden Voice CD. Chorus II & III from original sheet music. © 1919, 41, 47, 69 EMI Catalog Inc. Midi file courtesy Vincent Strangio