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E Ku'u Morning Dew

from Backyard Music by Kimo Watanabe

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One of my all time favorite songs, written by Uncle's Eddie Kamae, and Larry Kimura for Eddie's wife Myrna. Not only is this song beautiful, but I get a kick thinking that one of the most famous Hawaiian songs of the 60's was written about a girl from Mapleton Utah. I LOVE it. I used to sing this one to my oldest daughter to help her got to sleep.

My favorite memory of recording this song was when my cousin Reed came to the studio. He sang the high harmonies on "I neia Papalina". To me, that made the song. I was, and still am self conscious about singing, and even more so to sing harmonies. To have Reed come in and sing that was awesome. It's still my favorite part of the song. I also really dig Clive playing a bit of synthesizer on the track. It's so subtle, you almost don't hear the strings swelling, but wow, I still get chicken skin when I hear it.

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E kuʻu morning dew
Alia mai, alia mai
Maliu mai ʻoe
I kaʻu e hea nei
E kali mai ʻoe
Iaʻu nei, iaʻu nei
ʻO wau iho nō
Me ke aloha

Wehe mai ke alaula
ʻOliliko nei līhau
E hoʻohehelo ana
I neia papālina
I uka o Mānā
I ka ʻiu uhiwai
Ma laila no kāua
E pili mau ai
Ma laila no kāua
E pili mau ai

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from Backyard Music, released May 1, 2015
Words by Larry Kimura
Music by Eddie Kamae
Kamaka 6 String Tenor Ukulele: Kimo Watanabe
Classical Guitar: Kimo Watanabe
Vocals: Kimo Watanabe
Vocals: Reed Kahilina'i Hew-Len
Synth Strings: Clive Romney
Sound Engineer: Clive Romney
Studio: Pitchfork Studio

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