376. Aussie Jingle Bells (Colin Buchanan)

For my penultimate song for 2007, here's a beaut little song for me mates in Oz.

After all those years of waiting around to see snow at Christmas, by 1992, Australian singer-songwriter, Colin Buchanan, realised it wasn't going to happen so he adapted the traditional carol to suit Australian conditions.

In case you need it, here is a glossary:

Barbecue : the only time you'll catch an Aussie bloke cooking - the Barbie takes great skill and large amounts of grog. Nothing like the BBQ in Hong Kong which consists of holding little balls of minced fish or beef or who knows what over a fire on wooden sticks.

Boot: the luggage compartment at the back of a car. Known as a trunk in the USA. Actually utes don't have a boot, but I guess it was needed for the rhyme!

Bush: basically any area that isn't a town. Better than America's Bush any day.

Doze: sleep. It's what people do after a hot Christmas dinner in the middle of summer.

Esky: a portable cooler, especially for holding cans of beer and ice.

Kelpie: an Australian sheep dog, like a border collie, but with a rougher coat.

Thongs: sandals. Nothing to do with the ones people wear around their waist.

Kangaroo : native Australian marsupial. You see them jumping around the city streets and they can cause a lot of damage to your ute.

Shoot through: leave quickly (so someone else gets stuck with the washing up.)

Swaggie: short for Swagman, a transient temporary worker, especially during the depression, equivalent to a bum, hobo or tramp in less civilised parts of the world. He carried his few worldly possessions around in a swag, usually an old blanket with a couple of carrying straps. Australia's most famous song is about a swaggie.

Ute: short for Utility Vehicle. Smaller than a pickup truck, which is the US version, it has the cabin of a car and the rear of a small truck. Invented by Lewis Brandt at the Ford Motor Company in Geelong, Victoria.1934. Basically, we needed a vehicle that could shift a few sheep or hay bales during the week but scrub up well enough to take the family to church on Sunday.

You can hear a playlist of my satirical and parody songs here:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=EFC5EFD3C7FC636C

And you can see a playlist of my Australian songs here: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=0DE11C284435E7A2

Here is my playlist of Christmas Songs: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6A87F72E113CE495

For lyrics and chords of my songs, please see my website: http://www.raymondcrooke.com

Category:

Music

Tags:

• folk
• song
• christmas
• carol
• australia
• parody

[TheMrJ91]

Are you from texas

[raymondcrooke]

@TheMrJ91 Australia is not in Texas!

[raymondcrooke]

@TheMrJ91 Words like "Oz", "Aussie" and even "Australia" might be a clue, and the glossary of Australian terms. Or the Australian accent. Of course all that could be fake, and I do sing songs from many different countries. But why Texas? What is Texan about this song?

Thanks for your interest though.

[jessy1percy1]

haha...Love itt mate...BONZA! xD

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks, mate.

[Jessieboo1991]

This song just makes me smile. Brilliant bit at the end their. "No worries mate." xD ha ha

[raymondcrooke]

Better than the original I reckon.

[lawsonfamily]

I love it

[TheMrJ91]

@raymondcrooke How should i know that you´re not from Texas ?????

[Simpsonsfever1]

Haha! I Love It! I'm from Australia so I can relate lol! =)

[Jessieboo1991]

haha. totally mate. xD