XPost: alt.music.alternative.female   
   From: iris3@hawaii.rr.com   
      
   Could be "Galbi" by Ofra Haza.   
      
      
   "M Warwell"  wrote in message   
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   > I've been trying to identify this song for the past 15 years now. I   
   > don't know the artist, song title, album, or even the lyrics(!) It   
   > played on an alternative rock college radio station (ICB in Ithaca,   
   > NY) in 1988 or possibly '87 or '89. Maybe some hardcore 80's   
   > alternative rock fans can figure it out. The distinctive thing about   
   > the song is a female vocal which is indian in flavor. The chorus   
   > repeats a word sung in kind of a staccato style.. something like   
   > "ahldi..ah-ah-ahldi..ah-ah-ahldi..ahldi"  Ring any bells?   
      
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