- What am I going to do for my red ʻōpū
- It's so very sore I don't know what to do
- Listen my little sisters just look at all my blisters
- Let them be a warning to you
Yesterday my steamer docked (airplane landed) at half past nine
The sun was shining bright and oh, the weather was fine
So I lay out on the beach 'til it was time to dine
That's how I got my red ʻōpū - It's so very sore I don't know what to do
- All the pretty little girls were playing around
Getting a suntan so I thought I'd get one too
Out on the beach I played my ʻukulele
Getting a suntan that was not the thing to do,
Oh, what am I going to do for my red ʻōpū
It's so very sore I don't know what to do
I guess the only way's to take an hour every day
Just oiling up my red ʻōpū
R. Alex Anderson
Source: R. Alex Anderson's Famous Songs of Hawaii © 1935, 63 Alex Anderson Music, Inc