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Opdateret 24. juli 2007
 

Queenie Wahine's Papaya
(Words & music: Bill Giant / Bernie Baum / Florence Kaye)

She sells sea shells
By the sea shore,
But I know a gal
Who sells so much more.

Queenie Wahine's papaya rates higher
Than pineapple, pumpkin or poi.
Please pick her papaya,
Put Queenie Wahine
In perfect perpetual joy.
Though some people's palates
Prefer pickled salads,
Plum pudding, pink popcorn, peach pie,
Oh, Queenie's papaya
You'll truly desire
When that Queenie Wahine passes by.

Queenie Wahine's papaya rates higher
Than pineapple, pumpkin or poi.
Please pick her papaya,
Put Queenie Wahine
In perfect perpetual joy.
Though some people's palates
Prefer pickled salads,
Plum pudding, pink popcorn, peach pie,
Oh, Queenie's papaya
You'll truly desire
When that Queenie Wahine passes by.

Queenie Wahine's papaya rates higher
Than pineapple, pumpkin or poi.
Please pick her papaya,
Put Queenie Wahine
In perfect perpetual joy.
Though some people's palates
Prefer pickled salads,
Plum pudding, pink popcorn, peach pie,
Oh, Queenie's papaya
You'll truly desire
When that Queenie Wahine passes by.

Recorded: 1965/07/27, first released on Paradise, Hawaiian Style, June 1966