A Banner Day Track

A Banner Day (Larry W Jones 08/19/2002) (Song #150)

ʻO kēia lā he lā hae noʻu
Ua hālāwai au me kekahi kaikamahine i ʻōlelo mai he ʻano ʻano wau
Today has been for me a banner day
I met a girl who said I was mannerly
She even said that I could plan to see
Her again, from time to time in Hawaii
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ʻIke au aia ma koʻu mau maka he minoʻaka
Me he mea lā hiki ke hele ma ka mile ʻāina
I know there must be on my face a smile
It feels like it could go on a country mile
It’s the reason why my feet are in the air
Didn’t know I was kin to Mister Fred Astair
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ʻO ke mele kikā o ka mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi
ʻO kēia ke mele o koʻu ola, me he mea lā
The guitar music of Hawaii’s island scene
Is now the music of my life, it seems
My new found love is a sweet lily of the isle
Her beauty is more than a lily of the nile
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I ka hoʻokani ʻana o nā kīkā mokupuni i kēlā mau kani o Maui
ʻO nā kaula naʻau e hīmeni i ke aloha i hoʻokahi tausani mele
When island guitars play those Maui chimes
Heart strings sing love in a thousand rhymes
This day was so easy falling in love, you see
All I had to do was be nice and mannerly
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Today has been for me a banner day
I met a girl who said I was mannerly
She even said that I could plan to see
Her again, from time to time in Hawaii
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Today has been for me a banner day for me
ʻO kēia lā he lā hae noʻu