Hi'ilawe - Random search for a version of this song

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I like collecting musical and recorded oddities and when I have time, I have a mooch around charity shops having a look around all the old vinyl records.

I was browsing such a charity shop, when I found one of those cheaply recorded compilation CD sets that one finds in petrol stations.

It was Hawaiian music, much of it from the thirties and forties. A lot of ukulele string bands and Americanised 'barber shop' style singing, with much of it probably despised by modern Hawaiians.

At the end of the last CD, the tracks started to skip. A manufacturing fault, that no amount of polishing could cure.

Anyway....

One of the tracks was recorded by (I kid you not) The Hawaii Police Department. Cheesy, close barber shop harmonies and all.

I can't remember if it was their Choir, Ukulele Band or Music Society.

This version by is beautiful, but it's not the version I fell in love with.

I made a note of the tune and the artists, but recycled the CD set because of the poor quality of the CDs.

Needless to say, I've lost the notes and all I can remember is the name of the tune.

YouTube is no help

Any idea where I can get a hold of good quality recordings of vintage Hawaiian music by Hawaiian Police Officers from the 30s and 40s?

"Margaret? MARGARET? There's a lady here looking for good quality recordings of vintage Hawaiian music by Hawaiian Police Officers from the 30s and 40s..."

Sorry. That's absolutely no help at all, but I couldn't resist

😁😳

Mate. I know.

I found it.

It's even been sampled by (57 seconds in)

It became the opening theme to a Pokemon film.

That is lovely. Thank you, made my afternoon, sweet.

I found an old note with the actual name of the performers.

Once I typed that in, I found loads of references. 😳😳😳😳😳