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Hawaiian Butterfly

George A. Little

“Hawaiian Butterfly” as printed in The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918).

George A. Little: Collected Lyrics Text 1 1918 · historical text
Public domainSoldier songHistorical song
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This text comes from The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

Beautiful Hu-lu down in dreamy hon-o-lu-lu

I am feeling so peculiar since I first met you

In a moonlit garden fair, Cupid ,he is warden there,

Just like the flowers you're true,

Waiting and dreaming in a garden of roses;

Sometime in the bright Hawaiian sunshine

Dear, I'm going to make you all mine,

And that is just why, Song-birds sing in tune to these words

When I come back some day, we'll fly away, Hawaiian Butterfly.

Credits

Written by George A. Little

Words by George A. Little. Historical text published in The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918), “Hawaiian Butterfly”

The 1918 published edition is in the public domain in the United States (pre-1931 publication). Entries whose credited author died more than 70 years ago are also in the public domain in life-plus-70 jurisdictions; other entries are held.

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