Margarita - Israel Kamakawiwoʻole [aka Bruddah Iz] (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)

Margarita (Israel Kamakawiwoʻole [aka Bruddah Iz], 1990). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-06-30. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"

"Margarita," written by Justin B Fawsitt, was recorded by Brudda Iz for his 1990 solo debut album "Ka ʻAnoʻi" (Fawsitt, 2022). Fawsitt eventually recorded the song himself in 2020 for his "Living on the Moon" LP (last, 2022). Israel Kamakawiwoʻole began his singing career with "The Mākaha Sons of Ni‘ihau” in 1976. The group was formed on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu by Jerome Koko, Louis "Moon" Kauakahi, Sam Gray, Israel Kamakawiwoʻole and his brother Skippy (upaupatahiti, 2020). In 1993, Bruddah Iz left "The Mākaha Sons of Ni‘ihau” and put together a backup trio with his cousin Mel Amina and Roland “Bozo” Cazimero; this trio was the beginning of Iz moving toward a solo career (hawaiinewsnow, 14 Nov., 2018). He then released his second album "Facing Future," which is the all-time best-selling album by a Hawaiian artist; and in 2005, the album reached platinum status "selling more then one million copies, the only Hawaiian music album to do so" (izhawaii, 2022).

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Lyrics:

On a hilltop in Tahiti as we gazed across the bay
At the island of Moorea, standing in the day
And my lovely Margarita serving cool Hinano beer
I'll be a fool in paradise if I'm a fool out here

Yo orana, can you stand the heat
Yo orana, dancing in bare feet
Yo orana, when you laugh at me
Yo orana, said I... I'm in ecstacy

Her name is Margarita and the salt upon your lips
Tell me lemon and tequila is the flavor of your kiss
All the magic and the beauty and the humor of this
Isle
Is captured like a goldfish in the sparkle of your
Smile

Yo orana, can you stand the heat
Yo orana, dancing in bare feet
Yo orana, when you laugh at me
Yo orana, said I... I'm in ecstacy

The sunshine warms your mountain and it paints you
Golden brown
These waters lap around you where I only hope to drown
The coconut plantation, the sea and sky are blue
The south pacific islands they are all caressing you

Yo orana, can you stand the heat
Yo orana, dancing in bare feet
Yo orana, when you laugh at me
Yo orana, said I... I'm in ecstacy

The crimson dress you're wearing, with nothing
Underneath
The flower there behind your ear, the grass beneath
Your feet
Margarita, Margarita please dance with me tonight
We will dance together where the stars are shining
Bright

Yo orana, can you stand the heat
Yo orana, dancing in bare feet
Yo orana, when you laugh at me
Yo orana, said I... I'm in ecstacy

Margarita, Margarita I come from far away
Let's go take a dive down in Makawai Bay
Margarita, Margarita, we pokin Hinalea
We go in the dark and we don't need a spear

Yo orana, can you stand the heat
Yo orana, dancing in bare feet
Yo orana, when you laugh at me
Yo orana, said I... I'm in ecstacy