I've been around the whole world
From Singapore to Aberdeen
If you ask where I liked it most
I say - Sansibar
T'was a hard crossing
Ten weeks I just scrubbed the deck
I cursed the world, spit into the wind
And swallowed saltwater
When we dropped anchor T'was blissful silence
The sun standing vertically in the sky
When i looked past the railing It felt like a dream
There were a thousand boats And they kept straight at us
In the boats there were men and women
Their bodies glistening in the sun
And they sang a song
That sounded strangely familiar
But I never had heard it that way
oooohh.. But I never had heard it that way
Aloha heja he, aloha heja he
Aloha heja he
Aloha heja he, aloha heja he
Aloha heja he
They moored their boats alongside
And the wind carried over their laughter
They took off their floral wreaths
And threw them towards us
And thats how the party got started
Aloha heja he, aloha heja he
Aloha heja he
Aloha heja he, aloha heja he
Aloha heja he
I've seen paradise
It was around nineteenhundred and ten
The helmsman had sailors on the mast (1)
And the purser was eaten by gonorrhea
But other than that we were all in great health
Aloha heja he, aloha heja he
Aloha heja he
Aloha heja he, aloha heja he
Aloha heja he
Aloha heja he, aloha heja he
Aloha heja he
Aloha heja he, aloha heja he
Aloha heja he
Aloha heja he, aloha heja he
Aloha heja he
Aloha heja he, aloha heja he
Aloha heja he