Hawaiian War Chant

ETA: It's Mabel Todd, people! Also she's actually Hawaiian by birth fwiw.

No info here, who IS this woman?! Can't google "aheyaheyaheya" with a Midwestern accent. Dicey, if mesmerizing.
Home transfer from 16mm original. Print in care of Niagara Artists Centre.

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Mabel Todd "Hawaiian War Chant" 1942 (16mm)

No info here, who IS this woman?! Can't google "aheyaheyaheya" with a Midwestern accent. Dicey, if mesmerizing.
Home transfer from 16mm original. Print in care of Niagara Artists Centre.
Transcription

so so i wanted to learn to speak hawaiian so i could sing a native song for you but even hawaiian music it don't mean nothing unless you interpolate just to touch your good swing like this [Music] [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] while native charms and rascals [Music] now working

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