Subject: Kookaburra Laughed (Aussie song) ^^
From:
Bob Bolton
Date: 14 May 01 - 09:17 AM
G'day,
Here is another Aussie animal song for bbc. Stan Wakefield died in the early 1960s. He was English, but had worked all round Australia's country areas in the depression and WWII period. He wrote some good children's songs, some of which have mot been published ... but this one is in my anthology Singabout – Selected Reprints.
The Kookaburra Laughed
Stan Wakefield ©
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!
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!
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,
And the kookaburra laughed, ha, ha!
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!
Glossary:
Crocodile: It's really the big Saltwater crocs in the tidal rivers that are the danger, not the Freshwater ones further up the creeks
Buffalo: Asian Water Buffalo were introduced into the north of Australia and now run wild.
Little brown snake: Some of those "little brown snakes" are among the deadliest in the world. Liam's Brother tells me he saw a documentary that said that of the 10 deadliest snakes in the world ... 10 of them live in Australia! (Must have been one of those Immigration Department promos!)
Little ... just a tasty thing: the Kookaburra has a reputation (probably inflated) of eating snakes. Generally it sticks to lizards ... it's not that silly!
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Regards,
Bob Bolton^^
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