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Thread #8079 Message #1359246
Posted By: Bill the Collie
16-Dec-04 - 08:48 PM
Thread Name: New words for the 12 days of Christmas
Subject: RE: New words for the 12 days of Christmas
Hawaiian version as sung by Rudy Aquino of the island of Maui. Rudy sings it complete with arm-waving, gesturing, dance steps etc for each item and it can all get remarkably wild if the audience participate, especially if they have taken a refreshment or two.
Number {numbah?) one day of christmas my tutu gave to me, one mynah bird in one papaya tree two coconut three dried squid four flower lei five big fat pig six hula lesson seven shrimp a-swimming eight ukelele nine pound of poi ten can of beer eleven missionary twelve television.
Tutu here means grandmother. Poi is food made from taro root and its distinctive dark grey colour is used by the locals to scare tourists (or to dare them to eat the stuff).