BALI HA'I
From the Broadway Musical "South Pacific" (1949)
(Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers)

Juanita Hall (Broadway Production) - 1949
Perry Como - 1949
Paul Weston & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1949
Bing Crosby - 1949
Peggy Lee - 1949
Frank Sinatra - 1949
Muriel Smith (London Production) - 1951
Thelma Carpenter - 1954
Andy Williams - 1957
Muriel Smith (Film Soundtrack) - 1958
Perez Prado & Rosemary Clooney - 1960
The Hi-Lo's - 1960
Vic Damone - 1962
Duane Eddy (Instr.) - 1962
Jo Stafford - 1964
Irene Byatt (New York Revival) - 1967
Sarah Vaughan - 1986
Bertice Reading (London Revival) - 1988
Linda Hibberd - 1993
Pat Suzuki - 1996
Lori Tan Chinn (TV Film Soundtrack) - 2001
Charlotte Church - 2001
Lillias White (Carnegie Hall Concert) - 2005

Also recorded by:
Les Brown; Frank Chacksfield; Ray Conniff; Stan Kenton;
Sam Cooke; Ted Curson; Martin Denny; André Kostelanetz;
Percy Faith; Ralph Flanagan; Annie Haslam; Dick Haymes;
Joni James; Buddy Clarke; Chico Hamilton; Jimmy Dorsey;
Harry James; Al Jolson: ......... and many others.



Most people live on a lonely island
Lost in the middle of a foggy sea
Most people long for another island
One where they know they will like to be

Bali Ha'i may call you
Any night, any day
In your heart, you'll hear it call you
"Come away, come away"

Bali Ha'i will whisper
In the wind of the sea
"Here am I, your special island!
Come to me, come to me"

Your own special hopes,
Your own special dreams,
Bloom on the hillside
And shine in the streams

If you try, you'll find me
Where the sky meets the sea
"Here am I, your special island
Come to me, come to me"

Bali Ha'i,
Bali Ha'i,
Bali Ha'i!

Someday you'll see me floatin' in the sunshine
My head stickin' out from a low-flyin' cloud
You'll hear me call you,
Singin' through the sunshine
Sweet and clear as can be
"Come to me, here am I, come to me"

If you try, you'll find me
Where the sky meets the sea
"Here am I, your special island
Come to me, Come to me"

Bali Ha'i
Bali Ha'i
Bali Ha'i