The Song About Captain Cook
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Lyrics
In Marton town not far from the sea
There was a young boy who grew up to be
A Yorkshire man in every way
From Whitby town to Robin Hood's Bay
At the age of 18, a labourer's son
Fit and strong and six foot one
He dreamed of a life on the wide open sea
And knew that soon that's where he would be
CHORUS
He sailed from Plymouth away from England
Cape Horn, Tahiti then Botany Bay
On the good ship Endeavour and onto where ever
The coast of Australia showed him the way
From master to captain he was just 41
Saw planet Venus transit the sun
He sailed to New Zealand as Tasman had done
Then Terra Australis the land of the sun
CHORUS
In 1770 the 11th of June
On the Great Barrier Reef by the light of the moon
The Endeavour she crashed on the rocks on the sand
The captain said we must put her to land
When the ship was repaired they set off again
Along the coast of Cape York no one knew when
How long it would be, how much further to roam
They longed for the sight of their far distant home
CHORUS (repeat)
They'd sailed from Plymouth away from England
Cape Horn, Tahiti then Botany Bay
On the good ship Endeavour and onto where ever
The coast of Australia showed them the way
Kangaroo, Kangaroo
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Kangaroo, kangaroo - boing boing
Can I stay and talk with you? Boing boing.
He said, ‘I’d love to stay but must be on my way,
But you can be sure that I’ll be back some day.’
Boing boing boing boing boing boing boing.
Koala Bear, Koala Bear – scpt, scpt, scpt, scpt
Can you hear me way up there? scpt, scpt, scpt, scpt.
Kookaburra, Kookaburra – ha, ha, ha, ha
Laugh today, laugh tomorrow – ha, ha, ha, ha.
Sneaky Snake, Sneaky Snake – ss, ss, ss, ss
Talk to me for goodness sake! – ss, ss, ss, ss.
Mother Hen, Mother Hen – cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck,
Consider me as your friend - cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck.
Thelma Brown
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Lyrics
CHORUS
Thelma Brown lived in a zoo
There were cows in her kitchen and roosters on view
Dogs in her dining room, cats in there too
And a husband called Cedric and a big kangaroo.
Ev’ry morn at six o’clock sharp
Thelma Brown arose in the dark
Cats and dogs, roosters and crows, kangaroos to attend
And a husband called Cedric who was going round the bend
CHORUS
Every night at half after nine
Cedric would say, “Oh dear its about my bedtime”
And every morn he’d awake with a snore
With the kangaroo in bed, and him on the floor!
CHORUS
One day Thelma brought home a giraffe
Cedric well he just broke down and laughed.
“Thelma dear, there’s no room in our zoo”
“But Cedric” she said, “how ‘bout the loo?”
CHORUS
What can you say, what can you do
When you live with a wife, who lives in a zoo?
Well you can’t make a fuss, you can’t even complain
Cos if you do you just end up out in the rain.
Thelma Brown lived in a zoo
There were cows in her kitchen and roosters on view
Dogs in her dining room, cats in there too
And a husband called Cedric who’s about to shoot through!
Koala Ko
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O little Koala Koala Koala Ko
Up in the eucalypt eucalypt eucalypt tree
Why do you sleep all day sleep all day
How can this be
Koala wake up time for some tea.
Fresh gum leaves juicy o juicy as juicy can be
Fresh from the eucalypt eucalypt eucalypt tree
O little Koala Koala Koala Ko
Did you know that
The children all love you so
Now then its K and then O and then A and then L
And then it’s A if Koala’s the word you want to spell
You’re not a bear even though everyone thinks it’s so
I think you’re the sweetest thing that I know
And did you know that the children all love you so
Koala Koala Ko
Australia Hooray
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Lyrics
39 in the shade
Take a glass lemonade
Fill it up icy cold
Thirsty weather so down she goes
Down the beach after school
Cross the road swimming pool
41 in the sun
Christmas holidays just begun
CHORUS
Australia in the summertime
Australia where the weather’s fine
Australia of the yellow fields and
Bluest of skies
Christmas Day on the beach
Lots of noise lots to eat
Happy cries all around
Red bikinis and golden sands
CHORUS
From the north to the south
From the east to the west
From Bunbury to Bundaberg
From Botany Bay to the Coral Sea
From the Southern Ocean
You can hear them sing
La la la la la…
CHORUS – Hooray!
