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Old 04-07-2020, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by cb1956 View Post
Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian....
I never learned this till I got a ukulele; then I figured it better join the repertoire.

I recall reading about John saying that when "World Music" became the thing, he and Fred Koller decided to write a song in another language to cash in on its popularity, but since neither of them spoke another language, they decided to use onomatopoeia to write a song in Hawaiian and this was the result.

"Ohka noka whatta setta knocka-rocka-sis-boom-boccas Hope I said that right."
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