Waikîkî - by Andy Cummings

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 the days that used to be *(Of a place beside the sea)     Waikîkî At night when the shadows are falling I hear the rolling surf calling Calling and calling to me     Waikîkî 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     Waikîkî My whole life is empty without you I miss that magic about you Magic beside the sea Magic of Waikîkî *Alternate stanza

Source: Copyright 1947, 73 Atlantic Music Corp - The composer, on tour with the Paradise Islands Revue in Lansing, Michigan, had a severe attack of homesickness one cold and foggy night in November, 1938. Walking back to his hotel he thought about Waikiki with its rolling surf, warm sunshine and palm trees.