ON A COCONUT ISLAND
(R. Alex Anderson)

Louis Armstrong & The Polynesians - 1936
Bunny Berigan - 1936
Lionel Hampton - 1937
Also recorded by: Andy Iona & His Islanders; Charles K. L. Davis; Nina and Bill; Big Bill Bissonnette; 
Bruddah Walter.


On a coconut island, 
I'd like to be a castaway with you
On a coconut island, 
There wouldn't be so very much to do

I would linger a while and just gaze into your lovely eyes so blue
Then I'd walk for a mile and come running back to be with you
There the waves would make a pair of willing slaves of you and me 
forever
And we'd laze for days and days and never gaze out where the ships 
go sailing by

On a coconut island, 
I'd like to be a castaway with you
Just to bask in your smile 
And to realize my dream come true 

I would linger a while and just gaze into your lovely eyes so blue
Then I'd walk for a mile and come running back to be with you
There the waves would make a pair of willing slaves of you and me 
forever
And we'd laze for days and days and never gaze out where the ships 
go sailing by