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Girl Guide song!

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TeresaW

TeresaW Report 4 Feb 2010 15:15

Iknew the google version, with the kookaburra sitting in the old gum tree, and king of the bush....


OMG this brings back some memories lol

Queen's Guide here.

Researching:
Lovell, Morse, Baker, Duval, Mortlock, Gibbs and Bristow.

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 4 Feb 2010 14:53

Ex girl guide here, different kookaburra song??

Kookaburra sits in the old oak tree-ee
Merry merry king of the woods is he-ee
Laugh! kookaburra, laugh, kookaburra
Gay your life must be ah ha ha
Gay your life must be ah ha ha.


edit - and of course I thought kookaburras in oak trees were a little incongruous as I typed that -- google tells me it's *gum* tree. ;) And he's king of the bush. Any Aussies around may feel free to butcher a Canuck song in revenge.


-- I googled but can't come up with any more of the lyrics than you have, and youtube is dominated by the one I know (including by someone in the US singing it with the most charming US accent ;) -- staap, kookaburra, staap, kookaburra ... ).

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Craftlady

Craftlady Report 4 Feb 2010 14:50

Just wondered if there are any ex girl guides here who can remember singing a camp song about a Kookaburra with these lyrics ~
The kookaburra has no work,
he has no work to do
but sits up in a tree all day
to catch a snake or two
and when he's cut a snake in half
he sits up in the tree to
la ha ha ha ha ha ha
he he he he he he!
I can't remember the rest this jolly song sadly, it was quite popular when I was a girl guide in the 1950s, I used to sing it to my children and grandchildren whilst out walking.

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