Island Love Song
Poke my stick through
the thatch wall of the women’s hut
hope someone takes it from me
island boy with an eye for the island girls
bare breasts, but cover those knees.
Chu’
ukese in love
(da da
da da da)
Chu’
ukese in love!
Her papa said I must give him money
I promised I’d get him some
but I can’t, ‘cause it’s all somewhere in Yap
it’s made of stone and it weighs a ton.
Chu’
kese in love.
(da da
da da da)
Chu’
ukese in love!
Waqab ("Yap") is an island in the Caroline Islands. It is 1,200 mi (1,900 km) from Manila. It was part of the Capitanía General de las Filipinas until 1899 and was used as a Spanish prison for rebels; after Spain lost its war to the US it sold Yap to Germany. In September 1914 it was occupied by Japanese troops and became a Japanese mandate in 1919. After World War II it became a United Nations mandate under American trusteeship until 1986 when it became part of the independent Federated States of Micronesia. According to a 13th-century account, the sultan of Egypt requested help from the Admiral of the Dry Tree, where the only currencies were millstones. This doughnut-shaped stone money, known as rai or fei, measuring from 3.5 cm (1.4 in) to 4 m (12 ft) in diameter, was imported mainly from Palau by raft and canoe as early as 500. Anagumang discovered Palau and coveted the limestone there, which did not exist on Yap but resembled quartz, the shiniest mineral there. He was allowed to quarry it in exchange for coconut meat, beads, and copra. At 1st he ordered his men to cut the stone into the shape of fish, then a crescent moon, and then a full moon with a hole in it for ease of transport. In 1874 David Dean O'Keefe was shipwrecked near Yap and began importing large stones from Palau and trepang and brought in iron tools from Hong Kong to work them. An Irishmen who had emigrated to the US in 1848, he became rich enough in the Pacific to acquire his own island. (The 1950 Gerald Green/Lawrence Klingman novel and 1954 Byron Haskin film "His Majesty O'Keefe" were based on his life.) O'Keefe's efforts led to massive inflation, though the stones' value was based on their size, craftsmanship, and history -- if it was brought in by a famous mariner or if many sailors died in their transportation. Many of them are placed in front of meetinghouses or along pathways and are seldom moved, even when their ownership has changed. Since no more of them are produced or imported, there is a fixed money supply. People live in a tibnaw, a family house with a roof made of dried palm frond thatch, or a faluw (men's house) along the shore.
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