The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #101195 Message #2038498
Posted By: Dave Hanson
29-Apr-07 - 03:39 AM
Thread Name: Sea Music in a world context
Subject: RE: Sea Music in a world context
Stan Hugill cites ' John Kanaka ' as originating in the South Pacific, kanaka being the Hawaiian word for man, but the refrain being of Polynesian origin and the word ' tulai_e ' being Samoan.