1. Down to the lake came the old black horse, Down to the lake for a drink, But the crocodile snapped his jaws and of course That was the end of the old black horse; Said the croc, "I'm king in all this land, For none can my great jaws withstand", But the Kookaburra laughed at the boastful croc, And the kookaburra laughed, ha, ha!
2. Down to the lake came the buffalo bull, Down to the lake for a drink, And he flipped his horns and the old man croc, Fell with a thump on the big, hard rock; Said the bull, "I'm king in all this land, For none can my great horns withstand", But the kookaburra laughed at the boastful bull, And the kookaburra laughed, ha, ha! 3. The bull trod hard on the little brown snake, And the little brown snake was hurt, So he bit that bull on the leg so deep That the buffalo bull went off to sleep; Said the snake, "I'm king in all this land, For none my poison bite can stand", But the kookaburra laughed at the boastful snake,
4. The kookaburra said, as he winked his eye, "Little snake, how I love you! Although you call yourself a king, To me you're just a tasty thing." Then he glided down beside the lake And swallowed him whole, that little brown snake, Then the kookaburra laughed, ha, ha, ha, ha, And the kookaburra laughed, ha, ha!
Included in "Songs of Australia", words and music by Stan Wakefield, edited by John Meredith for the Bush Music Club. Southern Music Publishing, Sydney, 1966. Bush Music Club Series no. 2.