- A he ho`oheno nei no lei no
- Ku`u lei gardenia
- `O ka lau o ka niu ke holu nei
- I ka `ae kai
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- E kono mai ana ia`u nei
- Mai kâua e hi`ipoi pû i ke aloha
- Kâua i ka nani a`o Waikîkî
- Me ka nani o ka pô mahina la`ila`i
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- Kûpaoa mau i ke `ala onaona
- Nâ wehi a`o ku`u home
- Ho`okahi nô pua a`u e ho`ohihi nei
- Pua gardenia pua `ala onaona
- E kui i lei i `ohu no`u
- I wehi no nâ kau a kau
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- Me `oe ka mana`o pau `ole
- Ho`ohikilele nei i ku`u kino
- Lei gardenia lei ho`ohihi
- Na`u ho`okahi `oe
- Ku`u 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
Waikiki
- 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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