Post #244647 by hewey on Mon, Jul 24, 2006 12:25 AM

On 2006-07-17 23:50, little lost tiki wrote:
Hey Hewey!
What's the deal with "Waltzing Matilda" And "Tie me kangaroo down".What kind of crazy messed-up individuals wrote those and what does the latter mean?(I think waltzing matilda is a hobo's stick with a kerchief fulla his gear in tied to it,right?)I shouldn't rouse you! We got "Oh my darlin Clementine" and many others (mostly corporate jingles these days)...
and what's the deal with everyone singing over there?
oh yes,one last question...ever dry-humped Ayer's Rock?
Cheers!

I'll start with "Waltzing Matilda". It tells a story of a drover (Kinda like an Aussie version of a shepherd come hobo - walked around the country areas and got work here and there). Anyway, one day he steals some sheep from a farmer, and the cops come for him. He swims out into a billabong and drowns himself (a billabong is like an old section/arm of river, but the river has changed direction, but still left a pool).

The interesting part is that it almost became our national anthem at one stage, and is the "adopted" anthem of choice. Australia has a strong anti-authority sense of identity dating back to the poms establishing a country with prisoners :) Funny thing is, today the poms pay to come here to get away from dreary England and get some sun!

It was written by "Banjo" Patterson many years ago. He wrote a number of famous folk songs and poems etc.

Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport, on the other hand, was written by Rolfe Harris. But he has moved to England from Australia, so that gives you an idea of his mental state... :)

People over here sing because there is so much crap music flooding in from the states (darlin Clementine) that we need to improve the average quality of tunes... :)

I can neither confirm nor deny any alleged events that might have occured within the district of a large red rock

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[ Edited by: hewey 2006-07-24 00:48 ]