blast from the past

“Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Merry, merry king of the bush is he
Laugh, Kookaburra! Laugh, Kookaburra!
Gay your life must be”

I observed my kids’ music class this past week and they were singing/analyzing this song. My whole life I thought the song was about a cuckoo bird. nope, turns out it’s about some aussie bird who’s call sounds like a laugh. I felt like I had been in the dark for so many years. I blame my elementary school music teacher. And I just had to youtube it when i got home…and got a huge kick out of it. This ones for you Mrs. Kippur…

categories Uncategorized | special k | datetime October 4, 2009 11:33 pm

1 Comment

  • By mim, October 23, 2009 @ 2:30 am

    I remember this song! :)

    Never heard a kookaburra though. Good ol’ internets!

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