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salmonella
Lokahi
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 Posted - 10/01/2010 : 3:42:30 PM
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I just finished watching video of Led Kaapana doing a version of Manuela Boy. A couple of the verses are originally from a calypso song out of Trinidad.
Here are the verses in question
I want to marry this wahine I know
Her name is Haunani Ho
I told my papa and he said no
Haunani is your sister but your mama don't know
I told my mama what my papa had said
She said no hila hila
You can marry Haunani Ho
Your papa's not your papa but your papa don't know
Does anyone know when these were added to manuela boy? They do not seem to appear in the original Johnny Noble version but Led did not just add them on the spot a couple nights ago either.
Here is a link to the video of Led
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNAeI_U5Y1Y
here is a link to a previous TP thread where I copied the lyrics above
http://www.taropatch.net/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=107
Dave
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Edited by - salmonella on 10/01/2010 6:15:12 PM |
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markwitz
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 10/02/2010 : 03:40:24 AM
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I got the following info from this website:
http://www.squareone.org/Hapa/m2.html
Note the information about "Various Versions"
This seems like the verse that Led added is listed.
Bill Tapia on his "Duke of Uke" CD from a few years ago does the same verse as Led did that night.
I have a dozen versions of this song in my music collection. It seems like every one that was recorded is different. None the same as any of the rest, and only one that is mostly like the way the original lyrics were written.
MANUELA BOY
© 1938, 1946, 1966, 1974
Lyrics & Music: Johnny Noble
Sheet Music: In Songs of Hawaii © 1950 Miller Music Corp.
Recordings:
78: Hilo Hattie [Clara Inter], Decca, 1940
CD: Various, Lovely Hula Hands (Cord HOCD 42000)
PAPA WORKS FOR THE STEVEDORE
MAMA MAKES THE LEIS
SISTER GOES WITH THE HAOLE BOY
BROTHER GOES AUWANA
MANUELA BOY, MY DEAR BOY
YOU NO MORE HILA HILA
NO MORE FIVE CENTS, NO MORE HOUSE
YOU GO AALA PARK HIAMOE
GRANDPA WORKS IN THE TARO PATCH
GRANDMA MIXES THE POI
BROTHER GOES WITH ALL THE GIRLS
COMES HOME ANY OLD TIME
MANUELA BOY, MY DEAR BOY
YOU NO MORE HILA HILA
NO MORE FIVE CENTS, NO MORE HOUSE
YOU GO AALA PARK HIAMOE
PAPA IS A BIG MAKAI
DOWN BY THE OLD FISH MARKET
AUNTY SELLS GOOD ALAMIHI
O H AHA HA AHA HA
MANUELA BOY, MY DEAR BOY
YOU NO MORE HILA HILA
NO MORE FIVE CENTS, NO MORE HOUSE
YOU GO AALA PARK HIAMOE
PAPA COMES HOME SEE MAMA
MAMA DRINKING OKE
PAPA BURNS UP WITH MAMA
HE GIVES MAMA BLACK EYE
MANUELA BOY, MY DEAR BOY
YOU NO MORE HILA HILA
NO MORE FIVE CENTS, NO MORE HOUSE
YOU GO AALA PARK HIAMOE
VARIOUS VERSIONS
It seems as if every performer adds or changes verses to these songs. A few variations are below:
Papa works for the stevedore
Mama makes the leis
Sister goes with the Haole boy
Comes home any old time
Brother goes to the beach all day
To look at wahines in bikinis
He wears dark glasses and a coconut hat
You no can see where his eyeballs at
I want to marry this wahine I know
Her name is Haunani Ho
I told my papa and he said no
Haunani is your sister but your mama don't know
I told my mama what my papa had said
She said no hila hila
You can marry Haunani Ho
Your papa's not your papa but your papa don't know
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rendesvous1840
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 10/02/2010 : 05:08:24 AM
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These extra verses probably came from "Shame & Scandal", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shame_%26_Scandal
http://www.answers.com/topic/shame-scandal
There is also a similar song, from the girl's perspective by Buffy St.Marie, called Johnny Be Fair:
http://sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiJOHNFAIR.html
Her version has a much more Appalachian character. There are versions on YouTube. Who first put the verses into Manuela boy, I'm not sure. But listening to Led live or on recordings, it's obvious he listened to a lot more than Hawaiian music. Thesre's a lot of different music flowing through his repertoire.
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 10/03/2010 : 4:37:23 PM
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