Honolulu, America Loves You
(We've Got To Hand It To You)
Lyrics by Grant Clark & Eddie Cox
Music by Jimmie V. Monaco
Published 1916

Hawaii, what are you doin?
Hawaii, what are you doin?
You made this wonderful nation talk of you,
You, home of beautiful music o'er the ocean blue,
You made America happy,
And we're much obliged to you.

[chorus]
Oh, Honolulu, America loves you,
Oh, Honolulu, we're thanking you too, we do!
You've made our poorest of families
Dance to your beautiful melodies,
Our millionaires are playing
Ukalele's too.
Your hula hula is very peculiar,
In Cafe's now adays, that's all they do,
Up in Boston where they eat those beans,
They know what Yacki Hula means,
Oh, Honolulu, We've got to hand it to you.
Oh, Hono-you.

You made the Yankees delighted,
They dance and get all excited,
We'll all be talkin' Hawaiin very soon,
You've got our orchestras playing morning, night and noon,
All that you hear them requesting,
Is a sweet Hawaiian tune.

[repeat chorus]