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gimmeafuckinname t1_jdt43cp wrote

I learned that rhyme in Florida public school in the 70's.

Kookaburra sits in an old gum tree Merry Merry King of the Bush is he. Laugh Kookaburra Laugh Kookaburra Gay your life must be.

Or something like that -.....it's been a minute.

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thesaga t1_jdu6n2j wrote

Correct. The “plagiarised” portion is the short flute riff after the chorus, which mimics the exact melody of the nursery rhyme’s first line: “Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree”

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pineappleshnapps t1_jdumtbg wrote

Lmao, that sucks. They probably did it to be more Australian. A ton of songs have little odes to other songs in them.

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opm881 t1_jdv0ecg wrote

I mean, they were Australian, they didn’t need to try and be “more Australian”.

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objectsinmirrormaybe t1_je49xm6 wrote

In the film clip a band member was sitting on the branch of an old gum tree while playing the kookaburra tune on his flutes. Kind of drawing attention to what they were doing.

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Plasticcaz t1_jdulw50 wrote

Kookaburra sits on the electric wire

Jumping up and down with his pants on fire

Burn, kookaburra, burn

Kookaburra, hot your pants must be

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GwenGunn t1_jdvfdp3 wrote

Please tell me this is an edgy Australian kid’s edit like the “Jingle Bells, Batman Smells” or “Joy to the World, Barney’s Dead” from America.

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Plasticcaz t1_jdxfhod wrote

Yeah, it absolutely is. I remember this one more than the real version though.

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boofadoof t1_jdu1t56 wrote

I remember reading that rhyme in one of the first Magic Tree House books.

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