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Thread #40659 Message #587273
Posted By: alanww
07-Nov-01 - 05:47 AM
Thread Name: Rum tum fol de riddle o days etc.
Subject: RE: Rum tum fol de riddle o days etc.
Stan Hugill (p211) says "Kanaka" means "Hawaiian" but he doesn't say what the refrain "tulai-e" meant. (I have used his italics, but his "e" has an accent over it, which I don't know how to reproduce.)