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Thread #33639   Message #1651177
Posted By: GUEST,Lionel,an Aussie
18-Jan-06 - 05:43 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Whose Izzy Is He? (Is He Yours or Is...?)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I'm getting dizzy over Izzy all the
Is he an Aussie, is he Lizzy
Is he an Aussie, is he eh?
Is it because he is an Aussie
That he makes you dizzy, Lizzy.
Is it because his ways are jazzy
That he makes you fuzzy=wuzzy?
Got you dizzy, aint he Lizzy?
Is he an Aussie, is he eh?

I have always thought the words were from the First World War.
That was when Australians first burst on the world as a separate identifiable nationality, and I remember my father, a 1914-1918 Australian soldier singing it.

Lionel Jones, Queensland, Australia.