Once a native maiden and a stranger met Underneath the blue Tahitian moon The stars were in her eyes, gardenias in her hair And they vowed to care forever

 

Then one lonely day the stranger sailed away With a parting kiss that came too soon And now the tradewinds sigh when ships go sailing by Underneath the blue Tahitian moon

 

Once a native maiden and a stranger met Underneath the blue Tahitian moon The stars were in her eyes, gardenias in her hair Underneath the blue Tahitian moon