Hot women singers (with drums and bee swarms)

Tuesday morning in Memphis. Coffee and writing and "Hot Women -- Women Singers from the Torrid Regions of the World" in my ears. It's a compilation, compiled by the great R. Crumb from old 78s. It's got Cajun and Cuban, French Carribean and Mexican, African and Greek. It's got art and liner notes by the great R. Crumb, who begins,

Let us now sing the praises of the women singers of old, from the hot and passionate Southern countries! Open up your ears and you shall have a powerful listening experience!

My favorite may be Aicha Relizania singing "Khraifi," accompanied by drums and a swarm of bees. (OK, flutes that sounds like bees.) It's a hot number out of Algeria, and was recorded there or in Paris, in September 1938. As with all these songs, I have no idea what the hell these hot women are singing about. Neither does the great R. Crumb, who says in the liners,

I only know what I like!

Hear, hear!