Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London


In the meantime Billy and the men had undressed and scattered out
after mussels and abalones. The girls lighted on Saxon's ukulele
and nothing would do but she must play and sing. Several of them
had been to Honolulu, and knew the instrument, confirming
Mercedes' definition of ukulele as "jumping flea." Also, they
knew Hawaiian songs she had learned from Mercedes, and soon, to
her accompaniment, all were singing: "Aloha Oe," "Honolulu
Tomboy," and "Sweet Lei Lehua." Saxon was genuinely shocked when
some of them, even the more matronly, danced hulas on the sand.

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