My Own Iona
music by anatole friedland and carey morgan
lyrics by l. wolfe gilbert
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MY OWN IONA - sung by WILLIAM COSTELLO as BIMBO
BETTY BOOP'S BAMBOO ISLAND (BETTY BOOP) 1932
BETTY BOOP'S BAMBOO ISLAND (BETTY BOOP) 1932
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My Own Iona was written in 1916 by Vaudeville composer and producer Anatole Friedland with lyricist L. Wolfe Gilbert. The two Russia-born musicians wrote many hit songs together - they were known to perform their songs in small revues they would set-up. My Own Iona is about a Hawaiian romance, and quickly became known as "Hawaii's Favorite Love Song." In the 1932 short Betty Boop's Bamboo Island, the song is sung to Betty by Bimbo as he paddles a canoe down a river.
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MY OWN IONA
My Own Iona (Moi-One-Ionae)
I long to be, long to see, you and me
Down among the Hula hills
With its pretty little lakes and rills
My heart with rapture fills:
I'll ne'er for-get little pet when we met
Un-der-neath the ever watching moon
I miss those sighing croons
Ha-wai-ian tunes and you
My own I-o-na
From old Ha-lo-na
Your dark and dreamy eyes
They speak of par-a-dise:
My U-ke-le-le
Played the Mauna Lo-a gay-ly
Ha-lo-na's calling me
I-o-na dear, my own
For ev'ry day that I stay, far a-way
From the valley in the trop-ic isle
There's a mis-sing lit-tle sun-ny smile
That haunts me all the while
For ev'-ry night that I might, have delight
Be-ing with you, I am all a-lone
Far from your loving arms
Ha-wai-ian charms and you
My Own Iona (Moi-One-Ionae)
I long to be, long to see, you and me
Down among the Hula hills
With its pretty little lakes and rills
My heart with rapture fills:
I'll ne'er for-get little pet when we met
Un-der-neath the ever watching moon
I miss those sighing croons
Ha-wai-ian tunes and you
My own I-o-na
From old Ha-lo-na
Your dark and dreamy eyes
They speak of par-a-dise:
My U-ke-le-le
Played the Mauna Lo-a gay-ly
Ha-lo-na's calling me
I-o-na dear, my own
For ev'ry day that I stay, far a-way
From the valley in the trop-ic isle
There's a mis-sing lit-tle sun-ny smile
That haunts me all the while
For ev'-ry night that I might, have delight
Be-ing with you, I am all a-lone
Far from your loving arms
Ha-wai-ian charms and you
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