Moi-One-Ionae, Hawaii’s favorite love song, 1916.
words by L. Wolfe Gilbert
music by Anatol Friedland and Carey Morgan
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. I long to be, long to see, you and me
Down among the Hula Hula Hills
With its pretty little lakes and rills
My heart with rapture fills
I’ll ne’er forget little pet when we met
Underneath the ever watching moon
I miss those sighing croons
Hawaiian tunes and you
Chorus
My own Iona, from old Halona
Your dark and dreamy eyes they speak of paradise
My ukelele, played the Mauna Loa gayly
Halona’s calling me, Iona dear, my own
2. For ev’ry day that I stay, far away
From the valley in the tropic isle
There’s a missing little sunny smile
That haunts me all the while
For ev’ry night that I might, have delight
Being with you, I am all alone
Far from your loving arms
Hawaiian charms and you
Sung here by Fred Feild: