Hilo, My Home Town - Betty Lou Yuen

 

Come along, join the throng
Visit my Aloha Land
Take a train, or a plane
Travel any way you can
See the smiling faces
Of the many races
You'll be smiling too
You will want to linger
Learn to do the hula
Make some whoopie too


Start the day, wear a lei
And a colored mu`umu`u
Hear the crowd sing aloud,
"Aloha nui to you!"
For there's no place on earth
Where friends prove their worth
More than Hilo, my home town
Oh, there's no place on earth
Where friends prove their worth
More than Hilo, my home town!

Source: Leilehua Yuen - Written in the 1930's, this was the winning song in a competition that was held to encourage more songs about the town of Hilo.