A 1916 popular song. Words by Al Dubin. Music by Rennie Cormack.
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Lyrics
Chorus
O’ Brien is tryin’
To learn to talk Hawaiian
To his Honolulu Lou
He’s sighin’ and cryin’
And all the time he’s tryin’
Just to say “I love you true”
With his “Arrah Yaka Hula
Begorra icki Dula”
And his Irish “Ji-ji Boo”
Sure, O’ Brien is tryin’
To learn to talk Hawaiian
To his Honolulu Lou
Chorus
O’ Brien is tryin’
To learn to talk Hawaiian
To his Honolulu Lou
He’s sighin’ and lyin’
In Irish and Hawaiian
To his wife and Lulu, too
While he writes a lot of blarney
To Katie in Killarney
And she thinks that he is true
Sure, O’ Brien is tryin’
To learn to talk Hawaiian
To his Honolulu Lou
Chorus
O’ Brien is tryin’
To learn to talk Hawaiian
To his Honolulu Lou
He’s sighin’ and cryin’
And all the time he’s tryin’
Just to say “I love you true”
He won Bridget, Kate and Mary
By singing “Tipperary”
And he’ll win his Lulu, too
For O’ Brien is tryin’
To learn to talk Hawaiian
To his Honolulu Lou
Sung by Vancha March: