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Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport Lyrics
Spoken Introduction:
There's an old Australian stockman, lying, dying. He gets himself up on
one elbow, turns to his mates, who are gathered round, and he says:
Watch me wallaby's feed, mate, watch me wallaby's feed.
They're a dangerous breed, mate, so watch me wallaby's feed.
All together now!
Tie me kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me kangaroo down.
Tie me kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me kangaroo down.
Keep me cockatoo cool, Curl,
Keep me cockatoo cool.
Don't go acting the fool, Curl,
Keep me cockatoo cool.
All together now!
Tie me kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me kangaroo down.
Tie me kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me kangaroo down.
Take me koala back, Jack,
Take me koala back.
He lives somewhere out on the track, Mac,
So take me koala back.
All together now!
Tie me kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me kangaroo down.
Tie me kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me kangaroo down.
Mind me platypus duck, Bill,
Mind me platypus duck.
Don't let him go running amuck, Bill,
Mind me platypus duck.
All together now!
Tie me kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me kangaroo down.
Tie me kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me kangaroo down.
Play your didgeridoo, Blue,
Play your didgeridoo.
Keep playing 'til I shoot through, Blue,
Play your didgeridoo.
All together now!
Tie me kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me kangaroo down.
Tie me kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me kangaroo down.
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.
All together now!
Tie me kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me kangaroo down.
Tie me kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me kangaroo down.
There's an old Australian stockman, lying, dying. He gets himself up on
one elbow, turns to his mates, who are gathered round, and he says:
They're a dangerous breed, mate, so watch me wallaby's feed.
All together now!
Tie me kangaroo down.
Tie me kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me kangaroo down.
Keep me cockatoo cool.
Don't go acting the fool, Curl,
Keep me cockatoo cool.
All together now!
Tie me kangaroo down.
Tie me kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me kangaroo down.
Take me koala back.
He lives somewhere out on the track, Mac,
So take me koala back.
All together now!
Tie me kangaroo down.
Tie me kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me kangaroo down.
Mind me platypus duck.
Don't let him go running amuck, Bill,
Mind me platypus duck.
All together now!
Tie me kangaroo down.
Tie me kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me kangaroo down.
Play your didgeridoo.
Keep playing 'til I shoot through, Blue,
Play your didgeridoo.
All together now!
Tie me kangaroo down.
Tie me kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me kangaroo down.
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.
All together now!
Tie me kangaroo down.
Tie me kangaroo down, sport,
Tie me kangaroo down.
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my mom is like terribly offended by this song for some reason and it's weird.
This song is one of those that gets into you're bloody head and won't LEAVE. So I just had to d/l and play it. I noticed, though, that there is a missing verse in the version I have, between Koala and Platypus. I think it's like this (not sure what an Abo is ? IF it's spelled right, thats how it sounds !):
Let me abos go loose, Lou let me abos go loose. There of no further use, Lou so let me abos go loose.
an abo is slang for aborigine or however you spell it it was bothering me so i had to go look it up!! but this song is really catchy lol...i made my sister and all my friends d/l it...lol
abo is often used as a derogatory term, and while the verse is not anti-aboriginal it was considered politically incorrect and has been removed from the song in recent years (in australia when this song was written racism was rampant)