- What am I going to do for my red opu
- It's so very sore I don't know what to do
- Listen my little sisters just look at all my blisters
- Let them be a warning to you
- It's so very sore I don't know what to do
- Yesterday my steamer docked (airplane landed)
- at half past nine
- The sun was shining bright and oh,
- the weather was fine
- So I lay out on the beach 'til it was time to dine
- That's how I got my red opu
All the pretty little girls were playing around
Getting a suntan so I thought I'd get one too
Out on the beach I played my ukulele
Getting a suntan that was not the thing to do,
Oh, what am I going to do for my red opu
It's so very sore I don't know what to do
I guess the only way's to take an hour every day
Just oiling up my red opu
R. Alex Anderson
Source: R. Alex Anderson's Famous Songs of Hawaii Copyright 1935, 63 Alex Anderson Music, Inc