kookaburra song

[denas43]

kookaburra sits in an old gum-tree kookaburra eats all gay monkeys he can see-ee stop kookaburra stop kookaburra thats no gay monkey thats me. HAHA

[gypsie112479]

It's rather SAD AND STUPID that the word 'gay' has come to mean a male homosexual and NOBODY knows the REAL meaning of the word gay which means FESTIVE or FESTIVELY HAPPY. What's next? Finding some way to sensor 'Deck the Halls'? "Don we now our GAY apparel..." People need to GROW UP AND GET LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[galidune]

The song was big in the early sixties in elementary schools. I learned it about 62' when I was eight. The melody was a little different though.

[MrGameNL]

My class can sing it much better;p

[ornitorrinco01]

As a kid here in Australia we used to sing a more rude version in the playground, it went something like:

Kookaburra sits on the electric wire, jumping up and down with his balls on fire.....anyway I dont remember the rest, it was a long time ago.

[wiscokiddd]

@ornitorrinco01 I like wrecking songs like that from time to time too. Thank you for the comment:)

[clo0004]

I used to sing that too! (australian) XD

[ilovesushii94]

I used to sing this when I was little!!! (I'm American too.)

[shazam7620]

why would anyone hate on this guy for being a hippy? wtf is wrong with peace love and happiness? i for one saw this and was like shit that guys got game. LONG LIVE THIS HIPPY

[pcasso87]

You got one part right "gay your life must be" hippy

[superfohn]

@pcasso87 Suck a fat one mang, and gtfo outa videos you dont like.

[fvjumper]

I enjoy the song but the chord progression could use a little practice

[xjpnfanx]

Memories of elementary school, we used to sing and dance to this

[torchic633]

im trying wto play that on the flute

[1hotsummernight]

OMG so glade I found this, my mom used to sing this to me! I

[oweja]

Brilliant. Yes it was well known around Australia when I was a lad but probably out of vogue with the primary school these days.

[nurseebol]

My son didn't believe me that there was a song like this, he thought I was teasing him. SO thanks for posting. Makes me remember being a kid

[wiscokiddd]

@nurseebol Thanks for the kind comment NurseE' I'm still a big kid in part. I'm working on another channel called 'songswelovetosing' where I plan on putting the words and the chords up along with singing many songs. Right now I'm putting most of my energy toward my/our Local Ideas Inc, energy bootlegger project. but it is -20 deg f here so I'm putzing on the net until it getis up to a least Zero eh. PL&H  Ken

[greendayaremyheros]

ur the first person i saw who got all the lyrics right :)

[XXDDDDDDDD]

you know, i remember when i was a kid, i was really immature.

I changed the lyrics a little bit. goes like this:

Kookaburra sits on the old gum treeeee, many many people f*cked with sheee

fuuuuuuck, kookaburra fuuuuck, kookaburra gay your life must be. lul.

[wiscokiddd]

@XXDDDDDDDD Hey that is okay, some suposedly "mature" people have written comments so bad I had to delete them from here. A lot of kids and parents like this song, it is a catchy melody. The 'f' word is human intercourse and only seudo-religious people make it dirty. I tollerate religion but nature is my higher power. Also gay used to mean happy, things change eh. PL&H, Ken

[MegaSupercat123]

haha! cool dude! not many people actually do something like that! most of the people are just on their computer critisising other people.

[lolbrb100]

Damn you actually look pretty damn cool!

[analyzingfunny]

tune your guitar?

[MegaSupercat123]

good job! this is cool!

[AStaRLuV]

lol i like how he sounds

[dancinwildflowers]

Thanks... finally found a decent version of the song LoL. the other versions are all just nursery rhymes. xD

[bjornsan]

This is the first time i've heard this song in like 22 years when we sung it in our englishclass. Sometimes it pops up in my head and finally I search for it here and this is the best version I found.

[BatmansFavoriteGirl]

My momma sings that song. When i was sitting in the kitchen humming the song she started singing today.. My mommas an aussie.. and when we were in australia my auntie taught me how to sing the entire song and we sang it on the bus back to Sydney every day i was there.

[SecretlySexy]

Brings back so many memories. Love it! :)

[MYSTICAFRO]

i would :L 

[mattbrownbill]

as if you know that song in the U.S... i remember singing it in primary school

[wiscokiddd]

@mattbrownbill Other than our primary schools are called grade schools, yes kookaburra was a popular childrens song in the USA too when I was young, believe or not as you choose... PL&H, K

[superfohn]

@wiscokiddd I would Absolutely love to have some tabs for this song if that is at all possible...

Greatly appreciated!

[MemphisMyoho]

@mattbrownbill We learned this one & also "Waltzing Matilda" in 1st grade. We were told these were Australian songs. Kookaburras, billabongs, squatlers, etc. Late boomer cross-cultural stuff from back in the day in the U S A.

[Boubala25]

@mattbrownbill

We did in the US too. This and Waltzing Matilda. I had a stuffed, wind-up koala bear that played it as well.

[justtrytostopus90]

one of my favorite childhood songs. You played it very well sir.

[TheAlexanderjoel]

alguien me puede decir la letra de esta song

[Alwyn1000]

nice....

[SpankyBurrito]

ur comp looks awesome!

[konnichiwaneku]

the only listenable version of this song. anyone know the chords played?

[thekoenen4]

My kids ask for this video ALL the time. "Play kookaburra with the long hair guy!" They don't want any other version. Something about how you sing it really appeals to them. Thanks!

[FORRESTJASPER]

Far Out!

[unreal030]

your life is gay bro

dont call me gay

[wiscokiddd]

@unreal030 I bartended in a bar called the gay '90s Pub before gay ment gay instead of happy. Thanks for the comment, you can't troll me. PL&H

[paolorossifan2006]

he looks like one of the guys from cheech and chong!

[wiscokiddd]

@paolorossifan2006 Thanks bud; I lived in Canada when Leo of the '70s show said "What are you doing in Candad?", but I did not watch TV then, so when people said that to me I did not know what they meant until several years after the fact, PL&H, K.

[paolorossifan2006]

@wiscokiddd yeah, that would sound like something leo would say! :D

[worldlove2012]

too funny, love this song, guitar and singing done very well..thank you

[pinkypiie]

i always have this song stuck in my head but i never know the lyrics!! thanks for putting this video up! you sound great and it's like the only version of the song on youtube that sounds like the actual whole song! the acoustic guitar also makes it sound great! it's so cute i love it! thanks!!

[MeteorArmageddon]

wow i havent heard this in yeeears

[assasination0sam]

is that u? :0

[GutterColin]

very good

[superlazyorg]

That's totally psychedelic, dude!

[blueanime222]

i love your voice! i wish i could sing, im terrible at singing

[charliescigar]

Sounds an awful lot like from the land down under!

[samsonvanderpol]

@charliescigar it's because men at work copied the kookaburra song.

[jeanisyours]

why there's a smoke at his background?? LOLZ

[xaam7]

just kidding... im not gay

[dalolman]

NO UR LAUGH IS GeAEY U DUMB ASS MISPRONOUNCING MUTA !!!!!

[xaam7]

Total Amazing good song i like it so mutch!!

[xaam7]

Total Amazing

[TheBellaTenenbaum]

LOVELY!

[MrGluey666]

Thats not the song!

[RookyToook]

freakin leo!!!

[gordwait]

umm,, Ok?

[rabbitczar]

lol

[TalkingBonzi]

Charles Manson!

[brucereynolds31594]

LEO!!!!

[flasan]

This guy looks just like Leo from That 70's Show!

[taha32]

LMFAO kookaburro? its kookaburrA

[colesis1shit]

this sounds nothing like men at works land down under, aparently the flute parts are similar, but for christ sake land down under would have been a sucsessful song without the flute and now the have to give 60% of there earnings to sum faggot who has decided to bring this up more then 20 years after the band was in their prime, absulute bullshit he deserves to be shot. Men at work earned all the money fair and square.

[jagara1]

Listen to other versions and you will become even more convinced that the men at work song sounds nothing like kookaburra - I think the Aussie judicial system should hang it's head in shame!

[ar4216]

I agree!

[rickman33]

Maybe they don't deserve to be shot... But a swift kick in the ding-ding wouldn't be uncalled for.

[hXc232]

@colesis1shit um actually the writer of kookaburra was only awarded 5%, they requested 60% but didnt get it

[tappakeggaday1]

@colesis1shit I thumbed up on this and I agree 100%, did Dolly sue Witney when she had remade I will always love you?to me this is like telling some idiot judge I am suing everyone out there that did their song in 4 4 time.or rock groups can sue everyone because they own the patent on the e minor chord. it is hard to come up with new or fresh material for musicians and stepping on toes is a given. not because they mean to. it is just inevitable.

[hunkylynch]

You've been smoking too much pot dude,.....LOL!!!

[StCroixBoix]

Nice view

[alchemyx327]

If this actually goes down it sets a scary precedant what ever happened to the 8 bar ruling .... rappers beware because hardly any of that crap is original

[hugobear1]

It reminds me of 'Downpayment Blues' by AC/DC, or 'SHylock' by Buffalo,,, no wait a minute 'Beds are Burning' by Midnight Oil or maybe 'Two Little Boys' by Rolf Harris...

[fjbutch]

What a lot of horse shit.

There is no resemblance at all to ''Land Down Under''. How come it has taken all this time for these wankers to complain ....

it's all crap !!

[pd24675]

@fjbutch I agree with you 100%, these record label guys are wankers.

[fjbutch]

They did the same to George Harrisison a while back with'' My Sweet Lord''...The ''Chiffons'' complained in that case....

[Kohntarkosz]

Actually, it wasn't the Chiffons, who in any case wouldn't have own the publishing rights to the song. It was the publisher, Bright Tunes Music, who sued Harrison.

The interesting thing was, in the course of the lawsuit (which took 10 years to settle), Harrison's former manager had acquired Bright Tunes. So he went from working for the defendant in the case, to being the plaintiff!

[genieinthelamp]

This isn't the original melody line. It's A-A-A-A B-B-B A-F#-A-F#, F#-F#-F#-F# G-G-G F#-D-F#-D etc. The flute riff from Land Down Under is identical, and it could be argued that it is pure coincidence, but the fact that it is repeated at the exactly same interval (3rd down) is hard to defend. That said, the record company is doing nothing but making a quick buck, since the original artist has passed away. I'm Australian and I think the case should be thrown out.

[Kohntarkosz]

The thing I find interesting is that the Men At Work song is now nearly 20 years old! I find it interesting when you hear about these lawsuits involving songs that are years or even decades old.

I recall that Claire Torry sued Pink Floyd a few years ago because she had made a significant contribution to Great Gig In The Sky that she should have gotten a songwriting credit (and probably royalties too).

The thing was, the song was more than 25 years old by the time she filed the suit!

[fjbutch]

cool, thanks forn that ....

[PrincessSupersam]

if you steal anything, you should pay the price, its just karma coming back to them

[marchrisveluz]

Stupid court

[BigBadassR]

Ms. Sinclair came up with this song while hanging out in church, its a kids song, I dont think she was the type of person to have minded Men at Work borrowing a tiny part of it. She was alive when Down Under came out and never complained.

[lawnelson]

deaf judge

[BigBlueBeast]

@lawnelson Yeah. Even a deaf person can tell that this song is eerily similar to Men At Work's "Down Under."

[utubin67]

not to mention both are from Australia.. which btw the movie 'Australia' is my fave of all time! :) Beautiful Country but then again every Country is beautiful.. it's the folks who live in certain country's that are not always so beautiful..

[CureUbozech]

Am I ultradeaf then?

[matrahat]

What A Stupid Song lol

[amatop2000]

australian court get fucking real!!! That sounds nothing like "land down under". Imagine all the songs that have been made throughout history!

People would be suing their ass off to get money of each other. "oh that sounded like my little flute".....

Get real!

[siliconsurf]

kookaburra sucking a dick on a tree...

[penbandit72]

Brings me back to the days of Vanilla Ice who swore he didn't sample Queen. LOFL!

[overhere2000]

copyright laws will collapse under their own contradictions.

[ninelivecat]

It sounds like the Flute Solo in the song Land Down Under.

[TabbyTippy]

the court case wasnt about the entire 'land down under' song, it was just about the part with the young lad sitting in the tree playing flute. There is a slight resemblance!

[sirtinycreep]

Sounds nothing like Down Under.

[TabbyTippy]

there is 'bout 2 seconds in the flute part that sounds like it. As agreed by a court room of 'intelligent' people!

[shawakwak]

@TabbyTippy That ruling was ridiculous.  Smells of court corruption to me.

[dnch]

so they have to pay back 60% they made for this 2 seconds?

[TabbyTippy]

I agree, it is ridiculous, but there is something there, even if it is only 2 seconds. The flute bit is one of the best bits! they could well have copied it, may not be coincidence

[gothamfoodie]

this case has no merit: the songs are as similar as 'Smells like Teen spirit' and 'Happy Birthday'. ooooh, they both play G, B, F!! this judge better throw this out of court.......

[elpueblo71]

...no encuentro la semejanza con la canción "Down Under" de Men at Work!!!, aquí en Chile, Men at Work fué muy conocido y conversando con amigos, también coinciden con mi parecer. Saludos!!!

[RubberWilbur]

Well the article said that Men at Work only had to pay a foster's-size can of royalties to this record company so that means not much.

[duduvenom]

totaly not like "Land Down Under"

[kanakaken]

The meter of the two songs sound completely different as well. After listening again carefully, with each song side by side, so to speak, I can only hear a slight similarity, they are NOT the same. If judge sitting on this case did not have a musical ear, he should have been excused from it.

[kanakaken]

I think wisco, you need to talk a bit more with your local Aussie immigrant. It should be pronounced 'kookaburrA, not kookaburrow. Only once did you seem to get it right.

On another note, I fail to hear the connection between this song and 'man from downunder'. what I can hear is the riff from 'downunder' is in keeping with the chord sequence of the song and as there are only 8 notes to a major scale, then it repeats, the chances of having a similarity is just too easy. Highly frivolous case

[bbaker02]

actually kanakaken, it's land down under, not man from downunder.

[kanakaken]

you are so right, I realised it the instant I hit the post button,,, too late then !

I wonder if the only real similarity was the fact that the flautist, like the kookaburra, was sitting in the old gum tree. Now there's a can of worms,,, Symbolism !!

[SC1089]

Odd. Usually folks groan that U.S. courts are the ones who uphold silly frivilous cases. At least U.S. courts tend to throw out there worthless song ripoff claims.

There are only so many notes. If you want to look hard enough, any song can be said to be a ripoff of another that is played on traditional instruments.

[8phatkat8]

this is a song kurt cobain should of put his touch to...

[BenjaminWest7]

Is that a cloud of smoke above the computer?

[LostAxel19]

This is my favorite rendition of this song on YouTube!!! The way you sing this song fascinates me for some reason....in a good way :D Thanks for singing this, you should sing some other songs!!

[coolster]

I'm so stupid, I hadn't noticed Men at Work used this in Land Down Under... Thanks for the upload.

[dooley378]

sorry this one

/watch?v=J7YGW6FesP4

[wiscokiddd]

Of course you knew I'd like that Autraliana mate! Good call. We have a local Aussie immigrant here and she is great people. I met a few great Australians in BC Canada too. Used to Rock to AseeDucie. PL&H  K

[dooley378]

Sing this song man..

/watch?v=vQU7_uT4I_M

[cleveland393]

The yanky accent murders this song.

[wiscokiddd]

Thanks troll, when you finally sing or do something I'll be right over to cut you down.

[slsuver]

My 2 year old daughter the way this man sings this song!

[wiscokiddd]

You know at first I was going to write back something snide, on second thought I'll take it as a complement. I've admitted and am proud to be 53 going on 17 but 2 years old? I never thought of that! Ga ga goo goo even more time on this planet to mess with people like you :) HNY PL+H from K

[slsuver]

Sorry hun, I left a word out. it should have said, my 2 year old daughter LOVES the way this man sings this song. She had me play it over and over for at least half an hour. Even today she asked me for "coco bear".

[wiscokiddd]

Awe shucks that is so nice and makes me feel humble and happy. I've been hit by trolls so often my defenses got going.

Many Happy New Years Peace Love and Happiness always, Ken

[Bella18Vampire]

we sang this song in basic school, i live in germany so i didn´t knew what it means at that time...

[SoulReaper3397]

save some gum for me kookaburra !

[KJWthebest]

YOU SHOULD GO ON X FACTOR HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA­AHAHAHHA xx

[Bella18Vampire]

you`re really mean!

[DeafFret]

You add real depth to the song. You make it sound so profound, like Kirk Cobaine wrote it or something.

[desiaroosak]

LOL kurt cobain

[wanderingjuvi]

LOL this song brings back childhood memories. I forgot all about it until someone mentioned the kookaburra today and right away i burst into this song.

[haylele]

Sounds wrong!

[InuyashaMiroku012]

OMG we were talking bout this song while we were in the Bird house at the Zoo! awesome field trip! :):)

[againstthetimes]

I Totally just remembered this song today and I remember the nursery rhyme.

[WlfLverOO7]

i love that song!!! ur a good singer!

[Whowl]

KOOKABURRA

(Marion Sinclair - 1934)

Traditional Girl Guides Song

==

[wiscokiddd]

Thanks Whowl: I knew that and commented that here in reply to someone who was insinuating that the word monkey in the song was racial since there are no monkeys native to Aussi. The whole line was wrecking an innocent kid's song so I removed it all. No time for hate here, Thanks Again. PL&H K

[animestar1893]

this is hilarious, and kinda funny how we are singing australian songs. what ar the cords btw? i wanan try playing that XD

[wiscokiddd]

Thank you Anime': It does not matter where on Earth the Kookaburra song came from it is innnocent happy and beautiful kind humanity. I just strum on a G chord and switch to C once and a while. Beside that, at 52 years young, one day I just started humming it out of nowhere which sent me back to 5 years old and in a chearful place, that is why I learned it. PL&H K

[animestar1893]

thanks that should b easy enough for me to do. and i did the samething so i said kookaburra to my father about a week ago and he sang it for meh. i have to go back as many years as you did tho i went back 11 years to get to 5

[21hearing]

is it possible for you to make an mp3 of the song for me?

[wiscokiddd]

Opps sorry 21: I did not get back to you right away. I think you could get like real player(tm) or some other download program and get it for free like that. Somebody might actually still claim to own the song but it must be traditional by now because the song expresses a ceratrin freedom I love. PL&H K

[13eldiablo13]

<3 the song.

[ILoveMyGuitar92]

There is an italian version?

[SurfinQ00]

You remind me of Leo from That 70's Show :)

[wiscokiddd]

What are you doing in Canada? :)

[SurfinQ00]

lol omg! Leave Canada please. YOU LEAVE CANADA PLEASE!

[the1ulove2hatee]

aw i love that song its just the cutest . very well done and i love ur voice .

[Lanesteepee]

go for it..

i'd like to hear it done in the key of C tracylane

[xaussiegurlx]

its good.. but its better in aussie accent

[wiscokiddd]

Thanks, I would have to agree because it is an Australian song and I'm just a Yanky that got to live in Canada for 4 years before they kicked me back to the land of the greed and the home of the made-offs, Aussie accent would sound good I have one friend from there whose name is Veronica. PL&H K

[kitkat9787]

I visited Australia recently and met someone named Veronica.

[wiscokiddd]

Oh the Veronica I was speaking of is about 54. PL&H K

[BawlsNerd815]

thank you. i've been looking for a video w/ the lyrics sung that isn't a children's choir. so far you the 1st i've found.

good job.

[wiscokiddd]

Thanks back. I have the words written down somewhere and it is just a two chorder. The song came into my head one day because I could remember whistling and singing it as a kid. I've lived most of my life in the woods, which i used to call the bush until sr. bush became president then jr bush really wrecked the term. I don't know how much that has to do with anything but when I'm out in the wild it makes me happy like a kookaburra,

PL&H Ken

[america4hemp]

great song great job thanks for singing it

[mankalephallang]

Hey Very Well Done!

It's your own version?

Beforee i heared this here, i knew only the other melodie!

greets, Jonathan

[wiscokiddd]

Gee thanks for all the views. I was thinking if anybody wants I'll redo it so you can see the guitar cords in key of G and also do it in the key of C I will.