- Kaikamahine nō Iwilei la
- Sase hoʻi kāu lewa ʻana
- Ua maʻa wale i ka ʻai ʻalamihi la
- Sase hoʻi kāu lewa ʻana
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- Kaikamahine nō Kalihi la
- Sase hoʻi kāu lewa ʻana
- Ua maʻa wale i ka inu pia la
- Sase hoʻi kāu lewa ʻana
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- Kaikamahine nō Kapālama la
- Sase hoʻi kāu lewa ʻana
- Ua maʻa wale i ka ʻai laiki la
- Sase hoʻi kāu lewa ʻana
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- Kaikamahine nō Kakaʻako la
- Sase hoʻi kāu lewa ʻana
- Aia i ka papa A B C la
- Sase hoʻi kāu lewa ʻana
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- Wahine haole nō ka Moana Hotel
- Sase hoʻi kāu lewa ʻana
- ʻElua kālā me ka hapalua la
- Sase hoʻi kāu lewa ʻana
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- Kaikamahine nō Waikīkī la
- Sase hoʻi kāu lewa ʻana
- Ua maʻa wale i ka ʻai līpoa la
- Sase hoʻi kāu lewa ʻana
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- Kaikamahine nō Waiʻalae la
- Sase hoʻi kāu lewa ʻana
- Ua maʻa wale i ke kau ʻēkake la
- Sase hoʻi kāu lewa ʻana
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- Haʻina ʻia mai ana ka puana la
- Sase hoʻi kāu lewa ʻana
- Ua maʻa wale i ke kau ʻēkake la
- Sase hoʻi kāu lewa ʻana
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- Little girl of Iwilei
- Does a sassy hula
- Always eating black crab
- Does a sassy hula
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- Little girl from Kalihi
- Does a sassy hula
- Always drinking beer
- Does a sassy hula
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- Little girl from
Kapālama
- Does a sassy hula
- Always eating rice
- Does a sassy hula
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- Little girl from Kakaʻako
- Does a sassy hula
- Learning her A B C's
- Does a sassy hula
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- White woman of the Moana
Hotel
- Does a sassy hula
- Two dollars and a half
- Does a sassy hula
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- Little girl from Waikīkī
- Does a sassy hula
- Always eating seaweed
- Does a sassy hula
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- Little girl from Waiʻalae
- Does a sassy hula
- Riding a donkey
- Does a sassy hula
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- Tell the refrain
- Of the sassy hula
- Riding a donkey
- Of the sassy hula
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Source: Folk Songs Hawaiʻi 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. |