jodigirlsfreeOPConway, South Carolina USA1,843 posts
Skeptikos: Jodi, what is the origin of this ditty? I'm fascinated by it. Please tell me.
Skeptic
I really cant tell you the origin as it is unknown to me... My mum used to sing it to me when she wouldpush me on the swings when i was a little girl......
loves2steppinConcord, New Hampshire USA1,729 posts
My sister and I used to sing this growing up......
This song was written in 1936, and introduced at a Scout Jamboree in Melbourne, Australia. In case you're wondering, a kookaburra is an Australian bird, and a "gum tree" is what Americans know as a eucalyptus. The "gum drops" that the kookaburra eats in the song are beads of the resinous sap.
loves2steppinConcord, New Hampshire USA1,729 posts
jodigirlsfree: you...havent seen ya in quite awhile hows things in your neck of the woods girl?
It snowed again this morning but has melted, thank god. Temps in the upper 30's.....things are ok...home today fight off a cold.....you happy in the Carolina's? After all nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina.......
jodigirlsfreeOPConway, South Carolina USA1,843 posts
loves2steppin: It snowed again this morning but has melted, thank god. Temps in the upper 30's.....things are ok...home today fight off a cold.....you happy in the Carolina's? After all nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina.......
awww girl it is so awesome down here wish i could send you some of the warm carolina sunshine....72 degrees today and life just keeps getting better...thanks for askin ...sorry for the snow...for you anyway... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, merry, merry king of the bush is he laugh kookaburra. laugh kookaburra. laugh. how gay your life must be...
crackers I tell ya I have gone crackers........
I'm bored....