| Lyrics: | spoken:)
There's an old Australian stockman lying dying,
And he gets himself up on to one
elbow,
And he turns to his mates, who are gathered 'round him
And he says:
1.
Watch me wallaby's feed, mate,
Watch me wallaby's feed.
They're a dangerous breed,
mate,
So watch me wallaby's feed.
Altogether now:
(chorus:)
Tie me
kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me kangaroo down.
Tie me kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me
kangaroo down.
Altogther now:
2.Keep me cockatoo cool, Curl,
Keep me cockatoo
cool.
Don't go acting the fool, Curl,
Just keep me cockatoo cool.
Altogether
now:
3.Take me koala back, Jack,
Take me koala back.
He lives somewhere out on
the track, Mac,**
So take me koala back.
Altogether now:
4. Let me abos go
loose, Lew,
Let me abos go loose.
They're of no further use, Lew,
So let me abos go
loose.
Altogether now:
5. Mind me platypus duck, Bill,
Mind me platypus
duck.
Don't let him go running amok, Bill,
Mind me platypus duck.
Altogether
now:
6. Play your didgeridoo, Blue
Play your didgeridoo.
Keep playing 'till I
shoot thro', Blue,
Play your didgeridoo.
All together now:
(get progressively
slower, quieter, almost reverent:)
7. Tan me hide when I'm dead, Fred,
Tan me hide when
I'm dead.
So we tanned his hide when he died, Clyde,
(spoken)
And that's it hanging
on the shed!
Altogether now......
(ghostly singing, volume fading to nil)
Tie
me kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me kangaroo down.
Tie me kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me
kangaroo downnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.
(Long sigh)
** Some versions "He lives out in
the outback, Mac,"
Some say a "Didgeridoo" is a musical instrument. Some
don't.
words & music: Rolf Harris
copyright: 1960 Castle Music Pty.Ltd.
Sidney, Australia
source: 101 More Songs for Easy Piano
Hansen
Publications Inc. New York
transcribed: Dilly |
