Pali Wind
(Bob Nolan)
In the wild wind of the Pali,
There’s a sigh of lovers’ parting.
He whispers, “Aloha.”
Just the sweetest word he can say.
As it echoes through the island
From the cliff top to the valley,
The high wind of the Pali,
Carries his “Aloha” away.
With flowers she decked him
And asked the spirit to direct him.
Her love will protect him
Upon that strange new shore.
She’ll be waiting for his love call
In the wild wind of the Pali.
It won’t be “Aloha”
When he comes to leave her no more.
Her love will protect him
Upon that strange new shore.
She’ll be waiting for his love call
In the wild wind of the Pali.
It won’t be “Aloha”
When he comes to leave her no more.
Alternate lyrics:
In the wild wind of the Pali, hear a Polynesian call he
Says Aloha,
Aloha A-U I-A 0-E
From the valley far below he sends a message long ago he’d
Saved for us, dear
Aloha A-U I-A 0-E
Voice of a far time
That echoes down the years to our time
Then into forever.
His song will never change.
Let the wild wind of the Pali speak for me for after all he
Knows I love you.
Aloha A-U I-A 0-E
NOTE: On the lead sheet, instead of va o ea oi (which is the correct Hawaiian spelling of the last line of the 1st, 2nd, and 4th verses), it is written “A-U I-A 0-E”. Va o ea oi means “I will always love you,” a very popular phrase spoken to someone who leaves and may never return. (Mitch Awana to Michelle Sundin)
1. Version recorded by the Sons of the Pioneers
2. Version recorded by Bob Nolan as a demo
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