E Ku'u Morning Dew (ukulele rendition)

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My two favorite Hawaiian songs are Dennis Kamakahi's "Wahine Ilikea" and this song, written by Eddie Kamae and Larry Kimura. It was actually one of the first songs I'd ever made a YouTube video of and had posted it on my keonepax channel, but the video was lost when my former channel got zapped. The silver lining is that I had an excuse to try to make a better video for the song. I hope you like my new rendition.

In case you're interested, the background video are video clips from some of my travel videos I'd taken in years past. They include Akaka Falls and Rainbow Falls on the Big Island, a stream near the wet cave on Kauai, Kalalau Lookout and Wailua Beach on Kauai, and a monkeypod tree at Moanalua Gardens on Oahu.

intro: [ F Gm7 C7 F ]

E ku'u morning [Gm7] dew
(My morning dew)
Alia [C7] mai, alia [F] mai
(Wait a moment)
Maliu mai [Gm7] 'oe
(Pay attention)
i[C7]ka' u e hea [F] nei
(To what I call out)
Ekali mai [Gm7] 'oe
(Wait...)
Ia'u [C7] nei, ia'u [F] nei
(For me, for me)
'O wau iho [Bb] no
(I remain yours)
Me [C7] ke a[F]loha
(With love)

To you alone I [Gm7] say
wait for [C7] me, wait for [F] me
The days go slowly [Gm7] by
with[C7]out you close to [F] me
Standing on a [Gm7] hill
looking [C7] down, all a[F]round
Awaiting your re[Bb]turn
to [C7] me once [F] more

Wehe mai ke a [Gm7] laula
(Dawn breaks)
'Olili [C7] ko nei li [F] hau
(And the wet dew sparkles)
E ho'o hehe lo[Gm7]ana
(Causing a rosy color)
I [C7] nei a- papa [F] lina
(On these cheeks)
I uka o ma[Gm7]na
(Up at Mana)
I ka[C7]'iu uhi [F] wai
(In the mist-shrouded highland)
Malai la no ka [Bb] ua e [C7] pili mau [F] ai
(There, you and I, will remain forever)
Malai la no ka [Bb] ua e [C7] pili mau [F] ai

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