Does anyone out there have the chords to the song Hula Girl? I know the song through The Cheap Suit Serenaders and more recently Joe Brown. I wasn't having much luck finding it.
FROM THE SPRING 2018 ISSUE OF UKULELE | TRANSCRIPTION BY TOMOTAKA MATSUI & MARIO TAKADA | TEXT BY GREG OLWELL Without a doubt, “Hula Girl” is one of the most lasting songs from the wave of Hawa…
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This is what I came up with. There's not a lot out there to go by and I took some liberties with lyrics. One example, one of the lyrics I found was, "She's the candy kid to wriggle." It made more sense to me to alter it to, "She's the kind of kid to wriggle." It just sounded to me like one of those mis-hearings or errors that gets written down and passed along. Also, the "chocolate dove" reference isn't very appropriate so that was changed to "turtle dove". Joe Brown and the Cheap Suit Serenaders sing it with slightly different lyrics so I don't think there's a "definitive" version out there.
Hula Girl
[B7] [Em] [A7] [D] [A7] [D] [A7]
[D] All the time in the tropical clime where they [E7] do the hula hula dance
I [A7] fell in love with a turtle dove while [D] learning that funny funny dance
[D] This poor little kid why she never did a [E7] bit of loving before
So I [D] made up my mind that I struck a find the [A7] only girl I'd dare a[D]dore
Oh [A7] I love a pretty little hapa-haole [D] hula girl
She's the kind of kid to wriggle [A7] Hula girl
She will surely make you giggle [D] Hula girl
With her naughty little wiggle
[A7] Someday I'm goin' to try to make this hapa-haole [D] girlie of mine girlie of mine
[B7] All the time I'm [Em] dreaming of her my [A7] hapa-haole hula [D] girl
[B7] [Em] [A7] [D] [A7] [D] [A7]
[D] Out at the beach with your dear little peach where the [E7] waves are rolling in so high
[A7] Holding her hand while you sit on the sand you [D] hope you'll win her heart or you'll die
[D] You start in to tease you give her a squeeze her [E7] heart is all in a whirl
If you [D] get in a pinch you know it's a cinch when [A7] spooning with a hula [D] girl
Oh [A7] I love a pretty little hapa-haole [D] hula girl
She's the kind of kid to wriggle [A7] Hula girl
She will surely make you giggle [D] Hula girl
With her naughty little wiggle
[A7] Someday I'm goin' to try to make this hapa-haole [D] girlie of mine girlie of mine
[B7] All the time I'm [Em] dreaming of her my [A7] hapa-haole hula [D] girl
[B7] All the time I'm [Em] dreaming of her my [A7] hapa-haole hula [D] girl
[A7] [D] [D]-[A7]-[D]
This is one of the most popular early Waikiki tourist songs. These are supposedly the original lyrics from the original songwriter. Copyright 1909 by Sonny Cunha. He recorded the song 2 different ways, one titled "Hapa-Haole Hula Girl" and one titled "Honolulu Hula Girl. Yes, the lyrics could be considered somewhat sketchy by modern standards, but the same could be said of the whole modern Waikiki tourist scene. https://www.huapala.org/My/My_Hapa-Haole_Hula_Girl.html
This is one of the most popular early Waikiki tourist songs…Yes, the lyrics could be considered somewhat sketchy by modern standards, but the same could be said of the whole modern Waikiki tourist scene. https://www.huapala.org/My/My_Hapa-Haole_Hula_Girl.html