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Subject: Re: school song
From: luxton-ga on 04 Jul 2004 19:13 PDT   
This is the the one verse I remember from Govt.-run school camps in
the late fifties in NSW Australia.

Sambo joined the railway
His heart was full of hope
He tried to scrub the railway line
With a bar of Sunlight soap
Up came a big express train
Right in Sambo's face
And would you believe it
He rolled up his sleeves
And he pushed that engine back.
Chorus:
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Slap bang, more work for the undertaker
7/6 for the tombstone maker
Off to the local cemetary
On his tombstone you will see
Sambo that's me, I'm free.

[ poster shares another {in my opinion} unrelated rhyme]And

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Subject: Re: school song
From: luxton-ga on 19 Jul 2004 17:14 PDT   
I think I half remember another verse..........

Sambo joined the army
He marched among the ranks.....

He probably joined the navy as well. I wish I'd kept my old
songbooks. A lot of songs we sang at camps were from the scouting
movement. I'd love to know how "Sambo" was introduced.

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Subject: Re: school song
From: tim4444-ga on 07 Sep 2004 13:40 PDT   
OK, so here is another request for school song details, and thanks to
those who have helped to build up the "Sambo has an uncle..." songs.

This one, has an Army theme and goes like this:

I left my wife and 48 children, alone in the kitchen in starving
condition with nothing but gingerbread left, left, left right left

I left my job for 40 bob......left, left, left right left

Can anyone build on that for a few more verses?

Michael - hope the school reunion went well.

Tim

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Subject: Re: school song
From: bbakerman-ga on 25 Oct 2004 16:34 PDT   
I learnt the song at an Autralia primary school in the 1970's. I
loved it but didnt understand the racial slur overtones it contained.

I remember parts of another verse that went something like.

Sambo went for a swimg one day, in his overcoat
He climbed aboard the diving board, and kicked off his left boot.
Suddenly the board it broke and Sambo gave a yell,
In his overcoat, without let boot and into the water he fell.

Bang... more work for the under taker
7/6 for the tombstone maker
off the local cemetery, on a tombstone you'll see
Sambo thats me.

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Subject: Re: school song
From: bbakerman-ga on 25 Oct 2004 16:38 PDT   
..
.. continued rfom above...

Also my recollection of the railway verse is :.

Sambo joined the railway, his heart was full of hope,
He tried to scrub the railway line with a bar of mouldy soap
A train came around the bend, screaming down the track
Would you beleive, he rolled up his sleeves and push that engine back!

Bang...


(I hope yo teach my little baby daughter this song but maybe I will
remove the racial name Sambo and replce it maybe with something like
Banjo.)