The Monkees — Mele Kalikimaka

Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say On a bright Hawaiian Christmas day That's the island greeting that they send to you From the land where palm trees sway Here, they know that Christmas will be green and bright The sun to shine by day and all the stars at night Mele Kalikimaka is Hawaii's way To say "Merry Christmas" to you I'm a lonesome traveller from so far away And I won't be home on Christmas day But I've got some friends to help me celebrate In the land where hula maidens sway Here, where life is easy going, I have come To mingle with the fishes in the Hawaiian sun Mele Kalikimaka is Hawaii's way To say "Merry Christmas" to you (Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say) (On a bright Hawaiian Christmas day) (That's the island greeting that we send to you) (From the land where palm trees sway) Here, they know that Christmas will be green and bright The sun to shine by day and all the stars at night Mele Kalikimaka is Hawaii's way To say "Merry Christmas" to you Mele Kalikimaka is Hawaii's way To say "Merry Christmas" Mele Kalikimaka A very Merry Christmas to you