13 May 01 - 11:44 PM (#461743) Subject: Bunyip in the Slack Tub (Aussie poem)^^ From: Bob Bolton G'day,
bbc is after Aussie songs and poems about animals. Well, here is a poem by my mate, John Warner, about that most Australian animal The Bunyip (the Aboriginal haunter of bog and billabong). John is a wonderful singer/songwriter and covers a lot of territory - including great songs for kids. Have a look at this site run by Mudcat's Mandola Man: Walters and Warner. Bob Bolton^^
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14 May 01 - 07:37 PM (#462394) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Bunyip in the Slack Tub (Aussie poem From: Joe_F Has "The Bunyip & the Whistling Kettle" by John Manifold perhaps been set to music? |
14 May 01 - 11:23 PM (#462510) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Bunyip in the Slack Tub (Aussie poem From: Bob Bolton G'day Joe F,
I am sure I've heard it sung ... probably to a tune by John Manifold himself, since he was a musicologist,
the final poem is an interesting shift of poetic image - Manifold was inspired by the sight he had in bombed, WWII London of a first floor flat (that's the one next up from the ground floor, for Americans) ... roofless and missing 2 walls ... with a kettle still whistling on the gas stove.
Regards,
Bob Bolton |
15 May 01 - 02:56 AM (#462561) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Bunyip in the Slack Tub (Aussie poem From: GUEST,creekwalker god bless you man... ever since growin up in Philadelphia, I have been plauged with the question, what is a bunyip. there was a saturday mornin TV show inthe early 60s, called Bernie the Bunyip. looked sort of like a hand puppet version of Goofy of disney fame. no green slime tho. maybe he was cleaned up for kids Tv |
15 May 01 - 09:11 AM (#462681) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Bunyip in the Slack Tub (Aussie poem From: Charley Noble What a delightful poem! I wonder if there's a bunyip in my systems folder... |
15 May 01 - 11:50 AM (#462788) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Bunyip in the Slack Tub (Aussie poem From: GUEST,bbc at work Bob, you are really something! Thanks again! bbc |
15 May 01 - 01:13 PM (#462888) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Bunyip in the Slack Tub (Aussie poem From: Joe Offer Bob, is there a tune to this, or is it strictly a recitation? -Joe Offer- |
15 May 01 - 11:31 PM (#463354) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Bunyip in the Slack Tub (Aussie poem From: Bob Bolton G'day Joe, Although John Warner is a very entertaining singer, I have only ever heard him do this as a poem. Regards, Bob Bolton |
15 May 01 - 11:42 PM (#463363) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Bunyip in the Slack Tub (Aussie poem From: Mark Cohen Creekwalker, it was Bertie the Bunyip, and I'm glad somebody else remembers him! Somehow I don't think he was related to the Aussie one. Remember Sally Starr? Gene London? Pete Boyle (father of the actor Peter Boyle)? Happy the Clown? Aloha, Mark PS, I can now buy Tastykakes in Hawaii |
16 May 01 - 11:48 PM (#464393) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Bunyip in the Slack Tub (Aussie poem From: Bob Bolton G'day Mark (and Creekwalker), I don't know where your puppet got the name Bunyip from - I don't know of any other usage apart from the Australian creature of Aboriginal myth. We use the word widely, but it came from the Wemba-wemba word banib, a language of people who lived west of modern Melbourne, Victoria - in the southeast corner of Australia. Another name for a similar creature of Aboriginal myth is the Yowie, although this is more terrestrial - very much like the American Big Foot or the Tibetan Yeti. I'm afraid American media sometimes just grab names and persona from round the world and do with them as they will. A bad example being Tazzie (sp ?), the alleged Tasmanian Devil or Warner Bros cartoons. They do get a reasonable feel for the shape, within the constraints of cartoon anthromorphism, but they have him brown ... and devils are clearly black, with white patches (and spectacular red ears, when the sun hits them from behind!). Regards(les)s, Bob Bolton Regards, Bob Bolton |
17 May 01 - 12:27 PM (#464747) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Bunyip in the Slack Tub (Aussie poem From: Mountain Dog For several pictures of the bunyip, go here. |
17 May 01 - 06:02 PM (#465057) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Bunyip in the Slack Tub (Aussie poem From: Mark Cohen And here, contrariwise, are some pictures of Bertie the Bunyip. (I just discovered them thanks to Google...looks like I'm going to have to explore that site some more. WRCV-TV Channel 3, oh my!) Bob, the popular name for the character is "Taz". I remember him from the Warner Bros. cartoons of the 60s, then called "The Tasmanian Devil". For some reason he became very popular in the the last decade's renaissance of Warner Bros. cartoon characters. As far as the Bunyip character, I imagine that Lee Dexter, the puppeteer who created Bertie, had heard of the Australian legend and liked the name. Aloha, Mark |