So there we were. Four
American guys, pretending to be polite and proper Swedish tourists
singing a bawdy song from a great Hawaiian song tradition of mixed
cultures. It was pretty funny at the time though the telling of it
now is merely droll.
We started to sing the song and when Liza came out doing her interpretation of the Hula in a grass skirt...
well, she brought the house down.
We started to sing the song and when Liza came out doing her interpretation of the Hula in a grass skirt...
well, she brought the house down.
Princess Poo-Poo-Ly has Plenty Pa-Pa-Ya
You had to be
there.
The setting: skit night at Pinewoods Camper’s Week 2009. Most of the contra dance band Grand Picnic were at camp that week and we decided to resurrect our Swedish persona... The Jansson Brothers Swedish Family Orchestra. This has become a yearly running gag at the Camper’s Week Skits where Sam introduces the band and tells a few jokes, all in Swedish, before we play a lovely double fiddle brudmarsch. Sam actually does speak the language and no one understands a word he is saying. Translation is provided by band mate Michael (he actually understands no Swedish) who does his best to share the jollity with all.
The setting: skit night at Pinewoods Camper’s Week 2009. Most of the contra dance band Grand Picnic were at camp that week and we decided to resurrect our Swedish persona... The Jansson Brothers Swedish Family Orchestra. This has become a yearly running gag at the Camper’s Week Skits where Sam introduces the band and tells a few jokes, all in Swedish, before we play a lovely double fiddle brudmarsch. Sam actually does speak the language and no one understands a word he is saying. Translation is provided by band mate Michael (he actually understands no Swedish) who does his best to share the jollity with all.
It was really quite an
amusing cross cultural scenario and Sam’s jokes are so bad, they’re
good. This year we upped the ante by deciding that all four of us
Jansson brothers had gone collecting local folk music while on
vacation in Hawaii... just like that Cecil Sharp fellow we had been
hearing about. Apparently, we heard this hapa haole song on
location and we would like to now present it to the company for
your enjoyment.
Listen here for an mp3
of our rehearsal before the show. Princess Poo-Poo-ly © 1940 Lyrics
& Music: Doug Renolds, Don McDiarmid. Published by Harry
Owens
3 MB
Photo: Carl Friedman
Photo: Carl Friedman