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Post by plane2catch on Mar 27, 2016 8:40:49 GMT
I never knew this song was written by an Aussie. Wonder why we didn't sing it on the Trafalgar bus when we were singing about waltzing matilda?
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Pauline
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Post by Pauline on Mar 28, 2016 1:02:14 GMT
Possibly because it's a children's song??.
Kookaburra sits in (or on) the old gum tree
Merry, merry king of the bush is he
Laugh, Kookaburra! Laugh, Kookaburra!
Gay your life must be.
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Eating all the gum drops he can see
Stop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra!
Leave some there for me.
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Counting all the monkeys he can see
Stop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra!
That's not a monkey that's me.
Then there are the alternate verses.
Kookaburra sits on the electric wire,
Jumping up and down, with his pants on fire.
Ouch, Kookaburra, ouch! Kookaburra,
Hot your tail must be!
Kookaburra sits on a rusty nail,
Gets a boo-boo in his tail.
Cry, Kookaburra, cry, Kookaburra,
Oh how life can be!
Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree,
Eating all the gum drops he can see.
Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra
Gay your life must be!
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Post by plane2catch on Mar 28, 2016 6:07:54 GMT
Thanks Pauline for sharing that and as the British might say, I rather enjoyed that!
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