ACROSS THE SEA
(Ernest Kaai / Ray Kinney / John Noble)
 

Listen to the song the birds are singing 
Of the southern isles across the sea 
Island gems within a coral setting 
Islands of the sunny southern sea 

Bright the sky above with golden sunshine 
Flooding all the lands with warmth and light 
See the palm trees swaying to the ocean 
Whispering songs of love by day and night 

Hui: 
Across the sea and isle is calling me 
Calling to the wanderer to retrun 
Bidding me come back to fair Hawai`i 
To these sunny isles across the sea 

See the surf comes rolling ever onwards 
Meets the land and melts in creamy foam 
Breaks upon the shore and scatters quickly 
Like a million pearls let loose to roam 

Watch the spray which melts in liquid sunshine 
Tossed up from the bosom of the deep 
High above in varied colors forming 
Like the mermaids rising from their sleep