I remember a song from my childhood...something about a Kookaburra singing...sing kookaburra sing...kookaburra in the old gum tree..something like that
I remember a song from my childhood...something about a Kookaburra singing...sing kookaburra sing...kookaburra in the old gum tree..something like that
hey Fred ..
there are many versions out there now .. but I felt this was closest to what we used to sing growing up .. :)
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
I remember a song from my childhood...something about a Kookaburra singing...sing kookaburra sing...kookaburra in the old gum tree..something like that
hey Fred ..
there are many versions out there now .. but I felt this was closest to what we used to sing growing up .. :)
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
I learned this song at school, even in the Netherlands. It is a canon song.
Well that's funny...I was born in the Netherlands (Amsterdam) but learned that song at school as a child in South Africa. My parents emigrated to South Africa when I was 4 years old...hahhahar haharhahahaha
I remember a song from my childhood...something about a Kookaburra singing...sing kookaburra sing...kookaburra in the old gum tree..something like that
When I was a kid, the song's lyrics were:
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,
Merry merry king of the bush is he.
Laugh, Kookaburra, laugh, Kookaburra,
Gay your life must be!
A West coast US guy, an East coast US guy, two folks from South Africa, and a lady from the Netherlands all learned this song about an Australian bird in primary school.
How cool is that???
Roz, you don't count. It's a law that you Ozzies learn it as kids! LOL!
A West coast US guy, an East coast US guy, two folks from South Africa, and a lady from the Netherlands all learned this song about an Australian bird in primary school.
The Australian song we learned as kids was "Waltzing Matilda" ... but of course they didn't teach us what it meant ... ;-)
even tho i dont count ..
i have come to the rescue .. lol .. ;)
The title was Australian slang for travelling on foot (waltzing) with one's belongings in a "matilda" (swag) slung over one's back. ... The song narrates the story of an itinerant worker, or "swagman", making a drink of billy tea at a bush camp and capturing a stray jumbuck (sheep) to eat.
oh btw .. i do count .. more than i should ..
the votes ppl give me on my challenge entries .. ;) .. Ha ha hahahahahahh ..
The Australian song we learned as kids was "Waltzing Matilda" ... but of course they didn't teach us what it meant ... ;-)
even tho i dont count ..
i have come to the rescue .. lol .. ;)
The title was Australian slang for travelling on foot (waltzing) with one's belongings in a "matilda" (swag) slung over one's back. ... The song narrates the story of an itinerant worker, or "swagman", making a drink of billy tea at a bush camp and capturing a stray jumbuck (sheep) to eat.
Well thank you, though since elementary school I've heard a rather more X-rated interpretation of the phrase ... ;-)
A West coast US guy, an East coast US guy, two folks from South Africa, and a lady from the Netherlands all learned this song about an Australian bird in primary school.
How cool is that???
Originally posted by Janja:
Cool for sure. I’m a guy, by the way... ;-)
But of course you are!
I just stepped in it all over the place yesterday!
