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Kookaburra
Written By: Marion Sinclair
Copyright © Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Ltd.
International Copyright Secured.
All Rights Reserved.
USED WITH PERMISSION (See Below)
Kookaburra sits in 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
Kookaburra sits on a rusty nail
Gets a boo-boo in his tail
Cry, Kookaburra! Cry, kookaburra!
Oh how life can be
This song was written in 1936, and introduced at a Scout Jamboree in Melbourne, Australia. In case you're wondering, a kookaburra is an Australian bird, and a "gum tree" is what Americans know as a eucalyptus. The "gum drops" that the kookaburra eats in the song are beads of the resinous sap.
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