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Thread #93695 Message #1810848
Posted By: Jim Dixon
16-Aug-06 - 12:39 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Cocoanut Grove
Subject: Lyr Add: COCOANUT GROVE (Harry Owens)
Lyrics copied from HUAPALA - Hawaiian Music and Hula Archives (which has lyrics to lots more Hawaiian-themed songs, and a few tunes):
COCOANUT GROVE
Words & Music by Harry Owens, 1938.
VERSE: I know of a place poets write about,
An island of dreams they delight about,
Where the birds on high sing a song to us,
And the earth and sky belong to us.
There's a grove of palm trees
Growing by the sea,
Beckoning to you and me.
CHORUS: There's a cocoanut grove where life is entrancing,
And there, sweetheart, we'll find romancing,
And love for two,
By the light of a south sea island moon.
There's a cocoanut grove where your happy lover
Will do his part and soon discover
A rendezvous
In the shelter of a tropical lagoon.
Palm trees will be swaying
While steel guitars are playing.
Believe what I'm saying, dear.
I swear it's true.
There's a cocoanut grove where I'll be confessing
The simple truth that you've been guessing.
Sweetheart, I love but you.
[Source: Copyright Royal Music Publisher, 447 Ilimanu Street, Kailua, HI. 96734]