All Of The Dinosaurs
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All of the dinosaurs, this much we know
Lived on the earth, millions of years ago
Tyrannosaurus Rex was the big one, the tyrant lizard
He walked on 2 legs, with a long heavy tail
13 metres long and with big sharp teeth – scary
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Triceratops looked like a rhinoceros, with three sharp horns
And quills like a porcupine, and a backward pointing frill
You would not wish to meet when he's looking for something to eat - no way!
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The stegosaurus ate rocks and no wonder, with a brain the size of a walnut
Plates on its back and spikes on its tail
9 metres long with 4 short legs and a very very tiny brain
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The brontosaurus looked like a huge dragon and lived in swamps
The brachiosaurus had legs like an elephant, and a neck like a giraffe
The spinosaurus had teeth like a crocodile and could walk and swim...but
It’s hard to imagine such creatures here today
It’s such a very long time ago, but at least we can all say
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The Song About Captain Cook
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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
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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
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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
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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
Come Together (Stand Up Tall)
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Stand together, stand up tall
We are different and yet the same
We’re curly haired ones, black and white ones
Red and yellow ones, young and old ones – so
Come together, stand up tall
We are different and yet the same.
Two hundred years – not so long ago when
Black men walked the land
Across the desert sand
White men came and stayed
Black men they have paid.
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Weep for the mothers, cry for the children
A stolen generation are they
Come sister and brother look after each other
We can give what we are and gain
Here we all are – different as can be
And if you a stranger be
From far across the sea
Welcome to this land
Reach out and take my hand
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The Grand Old Duke of York (the Rest of the Story)
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Oh the grand old Duke of York
He had 10,000 men
He marched them up to the top of the hill
And he marched them down again.
And when they were up they were up
And when they were down they were down
And when they were only half way up
They were neither up nor down.
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One poor chap disappeared
A quick trip to the loo
When he came back he said to the Duke
“Lucky there wasn’t a queue!”
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Another chap looked rather ill
He sat down by a tree
All that he wanted was a little lie down
And a nice hot cup of tea
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This chap who liked drinking tea
Had a second, a third and then
Before he could think of having a fourth
It was off to the loo again.
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There was much complaining
About the Duke of York
And it was even suggested
That frankly he was a dork
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
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Now listen I’ll tell you a tale
A story from long time ago
In Hamelin there was a plague
A plague of dirty rats.
They ate all the cheese from the vats
And spoiled the ladies’ chats
By speaking and shrieking and squeaking
In fifty different sharps and flats.
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Hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of rats
Cheeky and sneaky and ravenous rats
Fought with the dogs and they killed the cats
Hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of rats.
Then one day a stranger appeared
Dressed in bright yellow and red
Said he “The Pied Piper am I
And I can get rid of those rats”.
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The piper stepped out in the street
Put his pipe to his lips and he played
He danced all the way across town…..
The people of Hamelin cheered
And rang all the bells in the town
“Go” said the Mayor “and get poles
Poke out the nests and block up the holes”.
So the piper went back to the Mayor
Who’d faithfully promised to pay
One thousand guilders reward
The Mayor said “Fifty is all you will get.”
Chorus
The piper stepped out in the street
And once again started to play
And all over Hamelin town
Came the patter of tiny feet.
They followed the piper up Koppelberg Hill
A door in the mountain swung open until
All of the children were safely inside
Then that door in the mountain swung shut.
And that’s how this sad story ends
Not one of those children returned
The lesson is clear to us all
A promise made is a promise kept.
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They Got It Right Vegemite
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In 1923 a young chemist called Dr Cyril P Callister, developed a smooth spreadable vegetable paste from brewers yeast, with lots of Vitamin B in it. It tasted unusual, but good. And he thought, “I cannot waste this appealing taste"...
So a prize was offered of fifty pounds
To find a name a name that sounds
Fresh unique, and easy to remember
Any time of year winter or December
Don’t know who it was but they got it right
Came up with the name Vegemite
I was talking to a friend just the other day
We took a little walk he had a lot to say
About the 50 pounds and he did claim
Who won the competition and gave it the name
Whoever it was they got it right
Came up with the name, Vegemite
For many years now it’s been the national dish
All who like it think it’s delish
But if you haven’t tried some, take my advice
Cos on a piece of toast it’s very very nice
Whoever it was they got it right
Came up with the name, Vegemite
They got it right, Vegemite
But...some find the taste a bit of a drama
A famous one was Barrack Obama
He tried some but, just had to admit
He did not like it, one little bit