In preparation for my next post, which has not even been started yet, some music to put you in the mood... think Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza and the fabulous Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "South Pacific"...
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 flying 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!
1 comment:
When I copied these lyrics from one of the jillions of online sites that offer song lyrics, I thought that the words "loaf nighin' cloud" were a bit strange, but I checked several sites and they all listed the same thing. Upon return and listening to the South Pacific soundtrack, it is quite obvious that the words are in fact "low flying (or flyin') cloud". What the hell? Who could actually think that Rodgers & Hammerstein would write "loaf nighin'"??? Silly me.
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