Baby Kalai - Irmgard Aluli |
| Kalai, you are my little heaven on earth Heaven only knows your worth My little kaikamahine Kalai, you are my little heaven on earth Heaven only knows your worth My little kaikamahine Uʻi ē! Kalai, your eyes are like the stars in the sky Twinkling little words of love To form a lullaby Hui: Daddy's far away and yet so near Mother will fill the hours for two Someday, maybe there'll be a playmate for you Put your arms around me And let me hold you tight My little baby, Kalai! |
| Source: Ellen (Elena) Hollinger-Martinez - The words to Baby Kalai as told to Elena by her aunt Irmgard Farden Aluli October 13, 2000. Words confirmed by Kuulei Mokihana Cockett Aluli, mother of Kalai Rebecca Aluli for whom the song was written. Kalai is Hawaiian for the biblical Sarai, the origin of the baby girl's name. |