Pickerington Elementary Choir "Kookaburra"

[cocopuffsarecool]

I did this in fourth grade instead of gay it was starnge. Lol

[lstein2]

@trinitygirl123 canon** Sorry.

[einherje71]

wow that was beautiful. I'll try that song tomorrow with my 9 year old pupils.

[TheTrickedBag]

i miss this school :( i was never in choir but this gym brings back memories....

[ImmaMonsterRawrrr]

I was singing in this.....hehe

[Yobidefy]

eheheh we use to sing this too back when i was in grade 4 eheh

[Swild80]

Where are the vegemite sandwiches?

[bigbirdtalent]

i don't sound nothing to men at work

[feelfreeonthesea]

nice!!!

[footballforlifeify]

haha i member thiss i wass in this.......... feltt soo longg ago but only 3 yearss lol

[letasp]

THIS IS AMAZING

[RadiantAngel1025]

aww this is such a fun song i remember this =)

[tamikacyrus]

it is KookabUrra!! Not Kookaberra!

[kelseymowishy]

im singing this in choir and im in 7th grade !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how stupid is that its for younger people

[sebastianbryan15]

i sang this in 1st grade!

[mikakala2014]

Haha, we have to sing this for solo and ensemble tomorrow :D

[terrissacutter]

They nvr sing the 1st parts of the song...

[sespigirl]

my choir sings this! i am in six grade... my teacher didnt teach us past thats not a monkey thats me

[JustKita]

Unique. I like it. 

[TheTrickedBag]

I was never in choir and I never sang this song but i went to this school and the good old gym(multi purpose room) brings back memories haha

[KleptoCosplayer]

OMG did the Kookabura die at the end of that?! It was catchy though...

[BatmansFavoriteGirl]

Omg... My mommy used to sing this song to me when I was little (she's basicallu australian and my grammy used to sing this when she was alive) It's sucha great little song.. I love it.

[TyLaRnOtAhAtEr]

aw i remember this it brings backgood memories of 4th grade....sippysip4 whats ur name cause i was in that choir to.

[eXoBoX360]

Sigh* I was at this recitle pickerington is a very nice suberb I've lived here all my life and this is a great school

[StaunchComic]

I remember my music teacher teaching us to sing this in grade school.

[emmiecatdog]

aweome. i'm in seventh grade, and we're doing this as a voice warm up. it's really fun, and i didn't even know it until our teacher taught us. i was the only one...

[AndyCWilson]

For those who don't know, Kookaburras are large terrestrial kingfishers native to Australia and New Guinea, the name a loanword from Wiradjuri guuguubarra, which is onomatopoeic of its call. Kookaburras are best known for their unmistakable call, which sounds uncannily like loud, echoing human laughter — good-natured, but rather hysterical, merriment in the case of the renowned Laughing Kookaburra; and maniacal cackling in the case of the slightly smaller Blue-winged Kookaburra. Great video!

[trevncrys]

This is crazy. I looked up this song to sing it with the kids at my daughter's school and this is the first listing. I live in Australia but am from New Lexington, Ohio. Well done!

[metjovi]

Congratulations!, sounds good, but It doesn't sounds like "Down Under" from Men At Work.

[jeffor13]

Hehe I had to see and hear what all the fuss was about. :)  Cute song and well done by the chior.

[bladedspokes]

I hope they remembered to pay the royalties!

[Pinthar]

Sounds nothing like men at work. Stupid judge.

[JennyDambeck]

This is a lovely performance of this song! Kudos to the music teacher and the great singers!

[nightgrooveruk]

WOW A WE SO ME ~ AWESOME THANIK U :) NAMASTE BLESSINGS ~8~

[joinchoir]

I've been looking for what other elementary choirs have done on YouTube for some time. This video is one of the most successful. I will post it to my new blog called "Choir Director's Brag Blog." Please share this with the director as I would like her to send other links and info. Jack Senzig- Gifford Children's Choir

[julesmail67]

I teach this song (as most do!) to children and never knew that last verse! So thanks for that! Off to try it even today! Best wishes, and well done for a fab performance! love the Purple Tees!

[sippysip4]

I was in this video we were in 4th grade. im so surprised how many people watched this. Pickeringtons in ohio. in the usa. i was in love with choir but now that im about to be in 7th grade were starting band up again. so watchor us in like 4 years for the pickerinton central high school band in macys parade!

[ctoys]

@sippysip4 - This YouTube video was featured in multiple news reports (see links in YouTube stats). as a comparison to a very short segment of the Down Under song by Men At Work. The song has been in the press because of a law suit that awarded royalties from Men At Work to the owners of the song.  This Pickerington, Ohio YouTube video was already in the top ten list for this song even before the press used it as a comparison.

[GCxGaming]

@sippysip4 who is this son

[penguin19891703]

Pickerington is in Ohio

[noodle860]

kookaburra sits in the numb nut tree, counting all the monkies ( aussies) he can see. laugh kookaburra laugh kookaburra seeing the way the monkies (aussies) can be

[noodle860]

hey gordieorr,, i thought the first comment u wrote was kind of funny plus i do agree with u instead of saying the people sitting, i was saying kookaburra sitting waiting 4 ways to get money. even i wouldn't waste a penny 4 this song

[jeevanirajiv]

They sing this song in sri lankan schools

[MsAussie83]

This is quite interesting. Where exactly is Pickerington Elementary School? I've never heard of it before. Is it in Australia? Is it in England? Is it in New Zealand? I'm confused!

[ctoys]

@MsAussie83 Pickerington, OH, USA, a city close to Columbus, OH

[greenleif]

@ctoys

I used to live in Westerville, and Pickerington rings a bell. By the way, these kids sound beautiful! We used to sing this in Girls Scouts/Brownies :)

OT, is there a Church nearby the Pickerington area with a Saint Michael statue and a lovely Rosary Garden? I may be thinking of a different area, (poss Worthington?) but that statue was absolutely awe inspiring, I think of it as well as the Church grounds, often <3

[cocopuffsarecool]

@MsAussie83 austrailia

[dogiemole]

so nice!!

[MooseLandVids]

Im gunna sue this song coz it sounds liek we will rock you.

[slotstik]

very nice

[leialagman827]

i san this song to exaept it when like this kooka burra sits in an old gum tree eating all the gumdrops he can see stop kukkaburra stop save a few for me kukka burra sits on a kangaroo hoping and jumpin fro and to bounce kukkaburra bounce kukkaburra what a thing to do kukkaburra blowesona digery do huffes and puffes till his face turns blue huff kaburra puff kukaburraa its to big for you kuka burra sits on an old gum treemerry merry king of the bushes he laugh kokaburra laugh what a site to see

[WorldChallenge]

The gumdrop part should be "Stop! Kookaburra Stop!" and the monkey part should be "Wait! Kookaburra Wait!"

[MarkThompson01]

I remember singing this song in Elementary school about 35 years (oh, God) ago. I was also a big fan of Men at Work in the 80s and know their music very well. I recognize no similarity between this litty ditty and anything MAW ever recorded.

[1122337890]

9 notes and nothing else. CAnt' suppose anything else than a little small bit of copy. Men at work , do work not copies.

[leifaroo]

Nice performance btw, exactly how I remember it from english class 20 years ago! :)

[leifaroo]

Sadly, I think the judge did his/her job by "the books". By law, 8 (i think) or more notes in the excact same sequence is/can be considered plagiarism. Noone is saying it's the same SONG. The point is, if you pick up a flute and play this first line (10 notes), it will sound EXACTLY like men at work. Do I think the present owners (since '90) of "KB" deserve a penny for this? No. Do I think they would have bought the rights if it weren't for the massive 80's hit and the possibility for $? No...

[juswantlife]

how dare they try to chaching from men at work? send them out to fight your fires

[chris123103]

My I did that song

[ctoys]

Originally posted this video for the elementary grade school children to see their own performance, while they are thrilled with all the attention by the press (don't know the url of the latest link), please recognize that children are viewing your comments. Thanks for everyone for the positive responses!

[Croqdoc]

@ctoys

Yeah mate, we need a pommy to comment with all the blood on pommy hands through history. No worries, pom, stupid you'll pass.......

[sarahskinner78]

MiniCrispy i totally agree... Onlywhenpissed - of course we claim australia as ours but that incorporates the aboriginals and other cultures and ourselves !! alan4uk - if you live in the UK then you are the ones to blame for setting up australia in the first place. don't you realise that the british landed on australia 1st, taking convicts (which were british). They encouraged non convicts to set up home here. Get yr knowledge of australian history correct before posting scathing remarks !!

[MiniCrispy]

besides if u think Australians r monsters, why r u looking up one of our treasured folk songs.

[MiniCrispy]

@alan4uk-y r u just targeting Australia, yes we did come into Australia, England claimed at it as theirs and yes in history we did treat the aborigines terribley but didnt the Americans do the same to the native Idians. And being an "Aussie" isnt just about where we come from, its a lifestyle. Its spending the afternoon playing backyard cricket, its camping rough, its the feeling u get when u see ur footy team win the grand cup and driving in the bush . Its not just about where you come from.

[alan4uk]

I will agree , the aussies are still thieves and also deny all of their heritage , thats how dumb they are.

Anyway the only real aussies are aborigines , even blind freddie can see that

[onlywhenpissed]

Can't argue with facts. And you persecuted the Aboriginies. Unforgivable. Still, I expect nothing less from crims. Thank ya mother for the rabbits.

[gemini6999]

@onlywhenpissed and by the way you dirtbag. Colin James Hay is a SCOT you Imbicile !!!!

[onlywhenpissed]

I know that.

[onlywhenpissed]

The thing that disgusts me about you lot is that you deny your heritage and claim Australia as yours.

[utubin67]

forgiveness will be exactly what you will beg for when you meet God. "unforgivable" will be the very thing you will hope in your heart of hearts that God will not be.. So never say that word.

[onlywhenpissed]

Australians are still stealing (music this time ) after England shipped them out on the prison ships. Once criminals, always criminals. I hope they end up homeless paying back the royalties.

[TheMusicMissy]

Am I a real blond or I really don't see the connection between this song and Land down under?

[penguin19891703]

@TheMusicMissy The Kukaburra is a bird and they eat the fruit of the gum tree

[Selinja]

@TheMusicMissy

It's the flute solo in Down Under, nothing else: watch?v=Av7tOiq-aw8

Otherwise, it would sound like this: watch?v=Xwg2lY-3qGo ;)

[Fullmetalsgal]

@TheMusicMissy Kookaburras are a bird native to australia :)

[TheMusicMissy]

@Fullmetalsgal Thx I know about the bird :)

[BatmansFavoriteGirl]

@TheMusicMissy the Kookaburra is an aussie animal.

[Beeevaaa]

@TheMusicMissy um.... Kookaburra's...

[AreaQNH870]

@TheMusicMissy Blonde.

[cherrypieau]

@TheMusicMissy The Kookaburra is the largest member of the kingfisher family & is native to Australia.The name comes from the Aust lang, Wiradjuri - guuguubarra. The kookaburra is 'world famous' for its distinctive laugh which sounds like loud, echoing human laughter. This song was written to raise money for the girl guide movement and is still used by Guides & Scouts all over the world incl the US & the UK.

[J101191514]

@TheMusicMissy

Listen to the melody of the line "Kookaburra sits in an old gum tree" and then listen to the flute melody just before the singer comes in on the first verse in "Down Under" and also between verse 1 and 2 and between the chorus and the 3rd verse.(it's only about 3 seconds long each time).

The use of Kookaburra melody is not plaigiarism in my opinion because they don't base the main melody of the chorus or the verse on it. It's just a nod to a famous Australian folk song. 

[bassketball]

bahaha channel 10 could only find this video

[gordieorr]

The writer of this song is dead now the deadbeats are sitting aroung trying to find ways of making some easy money !! losers i wouldnt pay a penny to them if it was my flute part !!

[noodle860]

hey gordieorr, do you mean its kukkaburra who sat in the old gum tree, finding ways to get money!! is that y u wouldn't pay a penny

[gordieorr]

@noodle860~~ Hi noodle860 ~~ i think im trying to say the writer of the song is long gone ~ who wants to sue the band for this and who will benefit from it if they are successful ??

[cherrypieau]

@gordieorr The song was written to raise money for the Girl Guides and is still widely used around the world today within the movement. I believe you'll find that no-one is required to pay royalties for the use of the song, despite its writer's works still being under copyright.The matter of the flute riff is a musical technicality, it was proven that the notes are the same - which is not to say, of course, that MaW deliberately plagiarised the phrase.

[cherrypieau]

@gordieorr The song was written to raise money for the Girl Guides and is still widely used around the world by the Guide & Scout movement. I doubt you'll find that they have to pay royalties to sing it, despite the work still being under copyright. However, the flute riff is a musical technicality - the notes were found to be the same, which is not to say that MaW deliberately plagiarised the phrase.

[AleGorymusic]

And it's not part of the actual song! It's not the melody that the singer sings, it's a freakin flute solo! Most people remember the chorus after they hear the song, not the flute solo! This lawsuit is stupid.

[AleGorymusic]

OK, I actually heard the part that they are arguing about. It is in the flute solo. The flautist plays it at the end of his solos. It is especially evident the second time he plays it. But what the heck?! Why do they have to call that plagiarism? Why not say that the flute player quoted the kookaburra melody? Jazz musicians do it all the time during improvised solos. I've done it a million times! The only difference is that this version is on a record that sold millions. Greed it is indeed.

[alukuhito]

ALL music borrows from other music. Even the Beatles didn't understand the concept of music ownership when they were young. That was also an era when different artists would cover the same song and it wasn't considered strange at all. The lame thing is that the person who actually made this song is dead, so won't see any of the money. And it has taken 30 years for anyone to notice the resemblance of a flute riff to this? Australians aren't THAT dumb.

[tennes2465]

i think they should be looking into the possibility of a judge being corrupt.

[arrghgarry]

deffo

[telx2010]

I did hope to be mocking men at work for stealing a tune, but they sound as different as elvis does to sid vicous.

Either way they deserve a penalty for creating such a crappy video.

[NEEVNI1987]

Yup the classic case of someone wanting money even though their case is complete balls!! Dosn't sound at all like Down under.. Epic fail and this song sucks

[mikenit40]

There is not even a remote resemblance between Down Under and the Kookaburra song.

I think the judge was smoking pot, does not like Men at Work, and had to do something stupid because he would get fired for doing nothing!

Mike

[lexlutor64]

Si. es identica pero a la cagada che...

[AndyJPartridge]

Duck and run music writers, this could be a floodgate :-(

[citroneto]

por mas que me esfuerzo no logro encontrar ningun acorde que se parezca a DOWN UNDER, a ese imbecil  juez simplemente no le gusta Men at Work

[jephbennett]

So.... OJ walks free, but Men At Work are guilty? WTF?

[franexJDK]

No le noto niguna parecido, fucking juez..!!

[Faviel]

Bah! no se parece a la cancion. Ese juez se nota que es sordo a la hora de escuchar ese tipo de música.

[netovar]

Soy abogado y cuando veo y/o escucho criterios como el del Sr. Juez australiano entiendo porque la gente tiene la opinion q tienen de los abogados

[pontosdevista]

Se parece como el himno de España a la Macarena de los del río (No coinciden muchas notas pero suena fatal).

[BoonyBanny]

Nice - but sounds naff all like 'Down Under' by Men At Work.

[superkutrex]

el juez esta comprado.. no se parecen como para decir que hay plagio

[uniata]

Estan hilando muy fino jeje.

Entonces en mi país latinoamericano, casi todos los rockeros estarían directamente presos (no dejan nada en pie desde Jimi Hendrix para abajo)

[cacadecabra]

Uff, y a mi que la musica de nevermind, el aclamado album de nirvana me suena tan parecida al joropo de los llanos venezolanos, habria que meterle un puro al grohl y a la courtney love. Pero claro, eso solo es un corto circuito en mi cabeza.

[Motumbo11]

De veras q tienes quemados los fusibles de tu cerebro, comparar a Nirvana con esos pinches llaneros...joder.

[cacadecabra]

Lo puedo demostrar

[MrPaeque]

A no me fastidies, no se parece en nada, que le pidan una indemizacion a los niños

[Fxpectro]

Alla Abajo se parece más al Himno Nacional que a este tema, no sean pendejos!

[daconrio]

Pues sí se parecen, y mucho. Pero no lo que cantan unos y otros, sino lo que cantan los niños y la parte instrumental del principio de la canción de los Men at work. Fijaos y veréis que sí. Eso sí, de ahí a acusar a los Men at work de plagio...

[Papapas9]

Maldición, yo tampoco le encuentro parecido alguno. Malditos niños, ahora ya han de ser viejos y quieren sacar dinero para su jubilación a los más viejos Men at work. JAJAJAJA

[fonsucu]

Si la cAnción de Men at Work es un plagio, yo estoy sordo.

[senzaface]

:S it doesn`t make sense (not a MEN AT WORK COPY)

[riverside6970]

Esta canción (por cierto hace daño a los oidos), se parece a Down Under como un huevo a una castaña.

[leonibeltran10]

esto no se parece en nada a la cancion de Men at Work, yo creo que ese jurado nunca ha escuchado musica

[Pilikli]

no tiene nada q ver con men at work... q extraña comparacion

[SuperPatasa7]

soy de Perú y no veo el parecido alguno

[Royalhighlander]

Men at work are going to be paying a lot oevr this deal....

[ninelivecat]

They' ll pay something but I doubt 60%

of past Royalties For One thing the song came out a long time ago and I think it would be unfair to expect Men At Work to pay back half of all earnings from the song since it was first released That was 30 years ago.Also Men At work have made the song commercially successfull and brought it to Global attention.

[Atanih23]

Guess we'll see.

[mngnfkdb]

It has nothing to do with Men at Work

[Dwakilo]

hujnia na maxa!

[LmH3000]

Down under Doesn't sound any like this song . Even the Flute is way different.

[Plumbobification]

@LmH3000 WTF? It sounds exactly like the flute solo, the solo just has like four extra notes...

[Natnekker]

Man at work

[CalxP]

starts to sounds really weird

[wolreB]

i love how serious that teacher is, conducting 4th graders... hahaha

[Skoozers]

haha i go there! im learning that song in choir:) i have mrs.turner

[AnimeIsMyLife72]

Aw! They're so cute! I used to be like that 4 years ago xD

[theashtabulaspirits]

Did they teach you how to spell?

[BruteSmash5]

nice.

[2AgentSmith2]

erhmh

how is it, that i had to learn this song when i was about 12 at school?? and i live in germany, thats the point Oo

although i like it

[nickjisallmine1]

haha i sing this as a warm up in choir haha

[twiinnyxproductions]

haha , i was one

of those little giddy

fourth graders about two years

ago :D

[tickleweed97]

same here :D

[sippysip4]

haha i remember this im at diley now but that was a very fun day for me and my friends they need a better choir here at diley we used to get crmped in my homeroom for end of day practice but i loved that school

[MusicBabey]

omg i sang dis at school today cauz we were learning bout rounds!

[ctoys]

The students in this video are now at Diley Middle School, although they were at Pickerington Elementary last year when this video was recorded, thanks to everyone for viewing and commenting!

[subMACZ]

That looks more like diley

[tickleweed97]

No it doesnt i used to go to Tussing though

[VML1995]

Cool! my cousins live there! except, the are in middle school and highschool

[VML1995]

would this be from Pickerington, Ohio?

[ctoys]

Yes, this choir is the Pickerington Elementary Choir in Pickerington, OH

[tony2113041987]

Im 22 and i remember stting in asssembly when i was about 6 or 7 when i was singing this. A good childhood memory this.

[hapolian]

i don't want it dead!!!

[youngmallet]

bravisimo! outta curiosity, how many versions of this song is there? i've never heard that last verse b4 (kookaburra sits on the old train tracks.....)

[hankazaria]

sampled on 'down under' from Men at Work.

[PureX86]

xP i feel your pain too

[rovinglycan]

this gives me old memorys, very old memorys....

[cutlassracer05]

I feel your pain, lol

[KinoTime1995]

das singen wir auch manchsmalin der schule