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wcerto
Ahonui
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 Posted - 04/22/2009 : 03:35:03 AM
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Our Taro Patch braddah, Jesse Tinsley put a very swell video on You Tube of him playing and singing this song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DIfZyyva-c
I do not recall hearing this song before, so naturally, I had to start doing a bit of research about it. I have a few questions that perhaps someone could help me with.
First of all, the notes on huapala.org talk about all the different things said about the girls from the different areas are actually slurs against the girls. I do not hunderstand. I mean, what is wrong with eating crabs or what is wrong with saying A-B-C's or eating rice. OK, drinking beer, I guess I could see that if he was intimating she drank too much.
The other question pertains to the use of kaikamahine vs. keiki mahine. I love the song sung by Gary Haleamau or that SWEET Barry Kimokeo of "Keiki Mahine", and then I've heard C-A-T Popoki Makes a Cat by that SWEET Martin Pahinui, where he says kaikamahine. Means the same thing, no? Are there rules for when to use one vs. the other?
By the way, Jesse, thanks for introducing me to a new mele.
Sase (Sassy Hula) - by Joseph Kokolia/Solomon Hiram
Kaikamahine nô Iwilei la
Sase ho`i kâu lewa `ana
Ua ma`a wale i ka `ai `alamihi la
Sase ho`i kâu lewa `ana
Kaikamahine nô Kalihi la
Sase ho`i kâu lewa `ana
Ua ma`a wale i ka inu pia la
Sase ho`i kâu lewa `ana
Kaikamahine nô Kapâlama la
Sase ho`i kau lewa `ana
Ua ma`a wale i ka `ai laiki la
Sase ho`i kâu lewa `ana
Kaikamahine nô Kaka`ako la
Sase ho`i kâu lewa `ana
Aia i ka papa A B C la
Sase ho`i kâu lewa `ana
Wahine haole nô ka Moana Hotel
Sase ho`i kâu lewa `ana
`Elua kâlâ me ka hapalua la
Sase ho`i kâu lewa `ana
Kaikamahine nô Waikîkî la
Sase ho`i kau lewa `ana
Ua ma`a wale i ka `ai lîpoa la
Sase ho`i kâu lewa `ana
Kaikamahine nô Wai`alae la
Sase ho`i kâu lewa `ana
Ua ma`a wale i ke kau `êkake la
Sase ho`i kâu lewa `ana
Ha`ina `ia mai ana ka puana la
Sase ho`i kâu lewa ana
Ua ma`a wale i ke kau `êkake la
Sase ho`i kâu lewa ana Little girl of Iwilei
Does a sassy hula
Always eating black crab
Does a sassy hula
Little girl from Kalihi
Does a sassy hula
Always drinking beer
Does a sassy hula
Little girl from Kapâlama
Does a sassy hula
Always eating rice
Does a sassy hula
Little girl from Kaka`ako
Does a sassy hula
Learning her A B C's
Does a sassy hula
White woman of the Moana Hotel
Does a sassy hula
Two dollars and a half
Does a sassy hula
Little girl from Waikîkî
Does a sassy hula
Always eating seaweed
Does a sassy hula
Little girl from Wai`alae
Does a sassy hula
Riding a donkey
Does a sassy hula
Tell the refrain
Of the sassy hula
Riding a donkey
Of the sassy hula
Source: Folk Songs Hawaii Sings by John M. Kelly, Jr - Written about the 1890's, The composer describes the saucy young ladies from various districts in Honolulu. Each action is a slur against her, but her sassy hula makes her the victor.
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Me ke aloha
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Luna Ho`omalu
USA
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Posted - 04/22/2009 : 05:04:24 AM
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I think the "slurs" are playful generalizations which Hawaiians are famous for, and are meant in jest. Like so many other songs, the ideas behind each verse are lost on us but probably had meaning at the time.
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 04/22/2009 : 08:32:31 AM
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| Noeau knows plenny stuff about dis song. |
Edited by - thumbstruck on 04/22/2009 08:33:07 AM |
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noeau
Ha`aha`a
USA
1105 Posts |
Posted - 04/22/2009 : 9:08:27 PM
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Keiki and keika are probably dialectical differences for the same word for young girl. Iʻll write you about the song Wanda on the private channel.
And oh that Jesse. He beating me to a lot of songs in my repertoire so I hesitate to post them since he did um awreddy. |
No'eau, eia au he mea pa'ani wale nō. |
Edited by - noeau on 04/22/2009 9:28:50 PM |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 04/22/2009 : 10:41:21 PM
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| Al, Braddah - Long time since you posted a video. Good thing Duke made sure to get videos when you wen' Kaka`ako. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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hapakid
Luna Ho`omalu
USA
1533 Posts |
Posted - 04/23/2009 : 10:59:41 AM
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| Geev 'um, Braddah Al! The more versions of a song there are, the more likely we can get people interested in the music and the more life the song will have. I would be interested in the story behind the song, too. |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 04/23/2009 : 11:18:09 AM
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| Hacome playful, rascally, kolohe = S-E-X ? |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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