LOVELY HULA HANDS
(Robert Alexander Anderson)


Harry Owens & His Royal Hawaiians - 1940
Teresa Brewer - 1961
Bing Crosby (with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.) - 1963

Also recorded by: Randy Travis; Dorothy Lamour; Don Ho; 
Dennis Pavao; The Makaha Sons; Charles Kaipo; Al Caiola;
Alfred Apaka; Marty Robbins; Billy Walker; Junior Brown; 
The Waikikis; Felix Mendelssohn; Kealoha Kono & His Orch; 
Tommy Garrett; Frances Langford..........and many others.





Lovely hula hands 
Graceful as the birds in motion 
Gliding like the gulls o'er the ocean 
Lovely hula hands, kou lima nani e

I can feel the soft caress 
Of your lovely hands, your lovely hands
Ev'ry little move expresses so I'll understand
All the tender meaning of your hula hands
Fingertips that say 'Aloha'
Say to me again 'I love you'
Lovely hula hands, kou lima nani e

Lovely hula hands
Telling the rain in the valley
And the swirling wind on the pali
Lovely hula hands, kou lima nani e

I can feel the soft caress 
Of your lovely hands, your lovely hands
Ev'ry little move expresses so I'll understand
All the tender meaning of your hula hands
Fingertips that say 'Aloha'
Say to me again 'I love you'
Lovely hula hands, kou lima nani e


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As recorded by TERESA BREWER:

Lovely hula hands 
Graceful as a bird in motion 
Gliding like the gulls o'er the ocean 
Lovely hula hands
(Kou lima nani e)

White Hawaiian sands
Nothing in this trophic splendor
Like the lightest touch of your slender 
Lovely hula hands
(Kou lima nani e)

When our fingertips are meeting, gently they convey
More than words can say
And my heart so madly beating gladly understands
All the tender meaning

Of your hula hands 
Fngertips that say aloha
Say to me again I love you 
Lovely hula hands
(Kou lima nani e)

(When your fingertips are meeting, gently they convey)
(More than words can say)
And my heart so madly beating gladly understands
All the tender meaning

Of your hula hands 
Fngertips that say aloha
Say to me again I love you 
Lovely hula hands
(Your lovely hula hands)
Kou lima nani e
(Your lovely hula hands)
Kou lima nani e.........FADE







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2011)