One Sunday morning George burst into the living room and said, "Dad! Mom! I have some great news for you! I am getting married to the most beautiful girl in town. She lives a block away and her name is Susan. After dinner, George's dad took him aside, "Son, I have to talk with you. Look at your mother, George. She and I have been married 30 years, she's a wonderful wife and mother, but, she has never offered much excitement in the bedroom, so I used to fool around with women a lot."

"Susan is actually your half sister, and I'm afraid you can't marry her." George was brokenhearted.

After eight months he eventually started dating girls again. A year later he came home and very proudly announced, "Diane said yes! We're getting married in June." Again his father insisted on another private conversation and broke the sad news. "Diane is your half sister too, George.

"I'm awfully sorry about this." George was livid! He finally decided to go to his mother with the news his father had shared.

"Dad has done so much harm. I guess I'm never going to get married," he complained. "Every time I fall in love, Dad tells me the girl is my half sister."

"Hee hee," his mother chuckled, shaking her head, "Don't pay any attention to what he says. He's not really your father."

"Hee hee," his mother chuckled, shaking her head, "Don't pay any attention to what he says. He's not really your father."

Ummmmmm, I think there was a song called "shame and scandall" or something to that effect in the 1970's

Here you go, this is an old song from Hawai'i, looks like it was written in the 1930's, cute song! Note much of this is in "pidgin" English. Nice tune too!

(See the last couple of verses, they don't appear to be from the original however.)

MANUELA BOY

© 1938, 1946, 1966, 1974

Lyrics & Music: Johnny Noble

Sheet Music: In Songs of Hawaii © 1950 Miller Music Corp.

Recordings:

78: Hilo Hattie [Clara Inter], Decca, 1940

CD: Various, Lovely Hula Hands (Cord HOCD 42000)

PAPA WORKS FOR THE STEVEDORE

MAMA MAKES THE LEIS

SISTER GOES WITH THE HAOLE BOY

BROTHER GOES AUWANA

MANUELA BOY, MY DEAR BOY

YOU NO MORE HILA HILA

NO MORE FIVE CENTS, NO MORE HOUSE

YOU GO AALA PARK HIAMOE

GRANDPA WORKS IN THE TARO PATCH

GRANDMA MIXES THE POI

BROTHER GOES WITH ALL THE GIRLS

COMES HOME ANY OLD TIME

MANUELA BOY, MY DEAR BOY

YOU NO MORE HILA HILA

NO MORE FIVE CENTS, NO MORE HOUSE

YOU GO AALA PARK HIAMOE

PAPA IS A BIG MAKAI

DOWN BY THE OLD FISH MARKET

AUNTY SELLS GOOD ALAMIHI

O H AHA HA AHA HA

MANUELA BOY, MY DEAR BOY

YOU NO MORE HILA HILA

NO MORE FIVE CENTS, NO MORE HOUSE

YOU GO AALA PARK HIAMOE

PAPA COMES HOME SEE MAMA

MAMA DRINKING OKE

PAPA BURNS UP WITH MAMA

HE GIVES MAMA BLACK EYE

MANUELA BOY, MY DEAR BOY

YOU NO MORE HILA HILA

NO MORE FIVE CENTS, NO MORE HOUSE

YOU GO AALA PARK HIAMOE

VARIOUS VERSIONS

It seems as if every performer adds or changes verses to these songs. A few variations are below:

Papa works for the stevedore

Mama makes the leis

Sister goes with the Haole boy

Comes home any old time

Brother goes to the beach all day

To look at wahines in bikinis

He wears dark glasses and a coconut hat

You no can see where his eyeballs at

I want to marry this wahine I know

Her name is Haunani Ho

I told my papa and he said no

Haunani is your sister but your mama don't know

I told my mama what my papa had said

She said no hila hila

You can marry Haunani Ho

Your papa's not your papa but your papa don't know