Kookaburra

[aka]

Kookaburra.

Here's a pic of one of the Kookaburras, that comes onto our deck to be hand fed.

[Rhonda]

awwwwwww he / she is so cute.

We use to sing a song in grade school about the
Written By: Marion Sinclair
Copyright Unknown
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Merry, merry king of the bush is he
Laugh, Kookaburra! Laugh, Kookaburra!
Gay your life must be

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Eating all the gum drops he can see
Stop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra!
Leave some there for me!

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Counting all the monkeys he can see
Stop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra!
That's not a monkey that's me

Kookaburra sits on a rusty nail
Gets a boo-boo in his tail
Cry, Kookaburra! Cry, kookaburra!
Oh how life can be!



anyway it is finally nice to see what one looks like... i had forgotten that old song and whats more it was a country school I went to so we had a travelling music teacher that came once every six weeks and played the piano and taught this song
It was a lively tune

Thanks for sharing Jim
Funny what a word can trigger a happy memory
~Rhonda