- A he hoʻoheno nei no lei no
- Kuʻu lei gardenia
- ʻO ka lau o ka niu ke holu nei
- I ka ʻae kai
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- E kono mai ana iaʻu nei
- Mai kāua e hiʻipoi pū i ke aloha
- Kāua i ka nani ʻo Waikīkī
- Me ka nani o ka pō mahina laʻilaʻi
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- Kūpaoa mau i ke ʻala onaona
- Nā wehi aʻo kuʻu home
- Hoʻokahi nō pua aʻu e hoʻohihi nei
- Pua gardenia pua ʻala onaona
- E kui i lei i ʻohu noʻu
- I wehi no nā kau a kau
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- Me ʻoe ka manaʻo pau ʻole
- Hoʻohikilele nei i kuʻu kino
- Lei gardenia lei hoʻohihi
- Naʻu hoʻokahi ʻoe
- Kuʻu lei gardenia
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- This song is a tribute
to
- My gardenia lei
- The coconut fronds, they sway
at
- The water's edge
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- They beckon to me (as if
saying)
- "Let us cherish each
other"
- We two in the beauty of
Waikīkī
- In the allure of a moonlit
night so serene
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- Ever-scented with
fragrance
- Are the adornments of my
home
- I admire but one flower
- The gardenia sweetly
scented
- Strung into a lei for me to
wear
- As an adornment from season to
season
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- With you constantly are
thoughts
- That move and excite me
- Gardenia lei admired so
greatly
- You are mine alone
- My gardenia lei
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