- In Hawaiʻi a maiden is grieving
- For her loved one is going away
- In a tropical garden she lingers
- Weaving for him a bright lei
- There's a pain in her heart
- As the time comes to part
- And the lei 'round his neck seems to say
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- Won't you linger a little while longer
- That's what the lei said to me
Life is too short and too sweet
To be leaving and grieving your loved ones
- And all the friends that you meet
- It was only by chance that I met you
- Oh what good pals we could be
- Aloha if you go away
- But oh if you only would stay
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- Won't you linger a little while longer
- That's what the lei said to me
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- On the highway and byways of life time
- There is happiness part of the way
- There are troubles, temptations and sorrows
- Crossing you path every day
- And you can't help but grieve
- When you see your friends leave
- As you hand them the lei it will say
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- Won't you linger a little while longer
- That's what the lei said to me
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