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Thread #90707   Message #1721571
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
18-Apr-06 - 10:41 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: He 'Ono (Hawaiian)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: He 'Ono (Hawaiian)
Bina Mossman composed several songs which are still popular in Hawai'i. "Lae Lae," "Stevedore Hula" and "Niu Haohao" (young coconuts) are also typical of her gay, simple songs, all written in Hawaiian. She is well-known in the Islands for the choral groups she led, over the period 1914-1958.