HOOKER REX by Don Henderson

Singabout 5(2), Jan 1963, lyrics & dots, p.20, info about record p.14

There's been a lot of talk and controversy,
'Bout the White Australia policy,
But there's lots of land and plenty more still,
If someone doesn't have it, L.J. Hooker will.

Chorus -
Everywhere we look we see Hooker-Rex,
Wonder where it's gonna pop up next,
Maybe one day we'll live to see
It inscribed on the back of our currency.

Yanks and the Russians racing to the moon,
In a space-ship and a rocket and a barrage balloon,
When they get there a sign said "Too late!",
The whole damn thing is now a Hooker Estate.

I've often though a better name would be ,
Green-belt Hooker Proprietary,
But Hooker-Australia is alright I guess,
Till they start to use that apostrophe 's.


published in - Oh, Pay Me. Blue & White Collar records ... For the first time in the history of Australia, a record has been issued with songs specifically aimed at promoting trade union demands. The A.C.T.U. , the Australian Council of Salaried and Professional Associations and the High Council of Commonwealth Public Service Organisations ...

Alas, this record does not seem to have survived in any library or collection,