Australia ABC`s Concert Lyrics: Aboriginal Lullaby

Australia ABC’s
Concert Lyrics:
Aboriginal Lullaby:
Mah nah wah tah no,
Mah nah wah tah no,
Mah nah wah tah no,
Mah nah wah tah no.
Taba Naba
Ta-ba na-ba na-ba, no-rem-.
Tu-gi pen-ai si-ri
Din-ghy e na-ba we-.
Mi-ko kei-mi se-re-re na-ba we-,
Ta-ba, na-ba no-rem---.
Translation:
Come on let’s go to the Reef
Get into the boat when the morning tide is low
Let us row to the edge of the reef
Come on let’s go to the reef.
Highway No 1:
(Perform actions in lyrics)
Lachlan Tigers
And a lot of Lachlan tigers, it’s plain to see we are,
Hark to our burly ringer as he loudly calls for tar.
“Tar here” calls one and quick the tarboys fly.
“Sweep those locks away,” another loudly cries.
Inanay
Inanay, gapuwana, inanay,
gapuwana.
Ay, ay, ay, ay, ooh la.
Ooh la, ooh la, ooh la ay, ipiay, ipiay.
Goowana, goowana, goowana, goowana,
Goowa, choo!
Goowana, goowana, goowana, goowana,
Goowa, choo!
Sesere Eeye
Se-se-re-ee-ye se-se-re-ee-ye
nar in ar in a-ro-par-te.
Se-se-re-ee-ye se-se-re-ee-ye
nar in ar in a-ro-par-te.
Ro-par-te mar-ow-si am-ma
te se-se-re-ee-ye,
Ro-par-te mar-ow-si am-ma
te se-se-re-ee-ye-----!
The bandicoot is an animal native to Australia, but to bandicoot
potatoes is another thing entirely! To bandicoot potatoes, one
can gently put his/her hand onto the side of the hill at the base
of a plant, feel for small potatoes, and remove the potato.
Waltzing Matilda
Refrain: Waltzing Matilda, waltzing
Matilda,
You’ll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me.
And he sang as he sat and waited till his
billy boiled.
“You’ll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with
me.”
1.  Once a jolly swagman
sat beside the billabong,
Under the shade of the coolibah tree,
And he sang as he sat and waited by the
billabong,
“You’ll com a-waltzing, Matilda, with me.”
Refrain
2. Down came a jumbuck to drink beside
the billabong,
Up jumped the swagman and seized him
with glee,
And he sang as he talked to that jumbuck
in his tuckerbag,
“You’ll come a-waltz-ing, Matildia, with
me!”
Refrain
3. Down came the stockman, riding on
his thoroughbred,
Down came the troopers, one, two,
three.
“Where’s the jolly jumbuck you’ve got in
your tuckerbag?”
You’ll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me.”
Refrain
4.  Up jumped the swagman and plunged
into the billabong,
“You’ll never catch me alive,” cried he.
And his ghost may be heard as you ride
beside the billabong:
“You’ll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with
me.”
Refrain
Kookaburra:
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 on electric wire,
Tears in his eyes ‘cause his tail’s on fire.
Ouch, kookaburra, ouch, kookaburra,
Hot your tail must be!
Kookaburra sits on the old porch rail,
He’s got a splinter in his tail!
Ouch, kookaburra, ouch, kookaburra,
Sore your tail must be!
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, ha, ha, ha!
Kookaburra sits on the old train track,
Along came a train and knocks him flat. (Clap on the word “knocks”)
Poor kookaburra, poor kookaburra,
That’s the end of that!