Mele Kalikimaka everyone. This is my 18th month of sharing my compositions. I chose this song, “Coconuts.” Hope you enjoy it. I could not help but compose a song about the coconut tree.
Mele Kalikimaka everyone. This is my 18th month of sharing my compositions. I chose this song, “Coconuts.” Hope you enjoy it. I could not help but compose a song about the coconut tree.
Coconuts
Coconuts, coconuts, upon the trees so high all over this tropic island, climbing up to the sky.
Coconuts, coconuts, you give us many things: hats, toys and candy rings, for all to enjoy.
The birds all make a nest on your head so high, the sun shines through your leaves; here happiness lies.
Coconuts, coconuts, you’ll come back here someday, I know you’ll never stray, away from these isles, away from these isles, COCONUTS.
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Larry Rivera has been an entertainer and songwriter on Kaua‘i for more than six decades, and shares the stories behind his songs in “Lyrics of Aloha,” appearing once a month in the Sunday edition of The Garden Island. Win prizes and earn an entry in the Vacations Hawai‘i Vegas vacation for two drawing by listening to KONG radio the following Monday and Tuesday between 6 and 8 a.m. and taking part in a contest based on the column.
