An Hawaiian Guitar 'Standard" Sleepy Lagoon

[Basil Henriques]

This SHOULD be in your repertoire if you are called on to play "Hawaiian Style"
I thought that it may be of some use to post the COMPLETE tune. No slight on anyone, but the Hawaiians and MOST recordings omit the middle section.
So just for posterity :-









I know that slant is a bugger, but we HAVE to try to raise the bar somewhat !!

The middle is in this version :- Sleepy Lagoon


This is NOT the version as tabbed because it's played on a "Pedal" guitar.

Ooops I think I put my foot in it !!

I do believe there are Nightingales and Roses in Hawaii, and so does Jack Lawrence the AMERICAN lyricist who wrote the words.

The story told by Jack Lawrence (the Lyricist)



http://www.jacklawrencesongwriter.com/s ... agoon.html

Just listen to this version and TRY to count 3/4 :- Doris Day



Alfred without the middle




I forgot to include the all important lyrics ..
The lyrics are on the second part of this page :-





Of special interest is the middle section "Stand still oh Heaven and Earth" etc.

Just to place everything where it can be found easily I've included ALL the versions I can find of this song, but I can't find ONE version that has the middle section SUNG !!

There's more to the story, originally entitled "Midnight in Wolverhampton" dedicated to his wife, Eric wrote it after an evening out together.
Here are many versions including Eric conducting the London Symphony orchestra himself.
It was adopted by the BBC as the signature tune to their hugely successful and long running "Desert Island disks"..

Eric Coates and the London Symphony Orchestra


Alfred's FIRST Version


Alfred Apaka's Last Version


Bert Kaemphert


Cynthia Read/Felix Mendelssohn


Doris Day Slow Foxtrot!


Eddi Calvert


Tommy Dorsey


Myself, but what guitar ?


ALL played in the original key, except for Tommy Dorsey (Bb) and Cynthia Read (F)