- Kaikamahine no Iwilei la
- Sase ho`i kau lewa `ana
- Ua ma`a wale i ka `ai `alamihi la
- Sase ho`i kau lewa `ana
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- Kaikamahine no Kalihi la
- Sase ho`i kau lewa `ana
- Ua ma`a wale i ka inu pia la
- Sase ho`i kau lewa `ana
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- Kaikamahine no Kapalama la
- Sase ho`i kau lewa `ana
- Ua ma`a wale i ka `ai laiki la
- Sase ho`i kau lewa `ana
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- Kaikamahine no Kaka`ako la
- Sase ho`i kau lewa `ana
- Aia i ka papa A B C la
- Sase ho`i kau lewa `ana
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- Wahine haole no ka Moana Hotel
- Sase ho`i kau lewa `ana
- `Elua kala me ka hapalua la
- Sase ho`i kau lewa `ana
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- Kaikamahine no Waikiki la
- Sase ho`i kau lewa `ana
- Ua ma`a wale i ka `ai lipoa la
- Sase ho`i kau lewa `ana
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- Kaikamahine no Waialae la
- Sase ho`i kau lewa `ana
- Ua ma`a wale i ke kau `ekake la
- Sase ho`i kau lewa `ana
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- Ha`ina `ia mai ana ka puana la
- Sase ho`i kau lewa ana
- Ua ma`a wale i ke kau `ekake la
- Sase ho`i kau lewa ana
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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
Kapalama
- Does a sassy hula
- Always eating rice
- Does a sassy hula
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- Little girl from Kakaako
- 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 Waikiki
- Does a sassy hula
- Always eating seaweed
- Does a sassy hula
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- Little girl from Waialae
- 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 Hawaii 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.
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