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Thursday, March 27, 2008

 

Aussie Song

I heard a song awhile back on the radio and something made me look it up today. It's called "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" by Rolf Harris. The song is about an Australian heardsman on his deathbed telling his friends his last wishes. This song was written and recorded in the 1960s, was popular all over the world, and reached #3 on the Billboard music chart in 1963.

Wikipedia has some interesting information and links regarding this song (including a reference to Fargo):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tie_Me_Kangaroo_Down,_Sport

You can find the complete lyrics here:
http://www.jacquedee63.com/tiemekangaroodownsport.html

And YouTube has about 75 videos for it:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tie+me+kangaroo+down&search_type=

It's a great song. It's interesting to see how this became popular all over the world. You'll have to decide if it's a great song.

Comments:
I've heard this song before. A few years ago when a radio station in Bismarck was changing to a new format, they played this song 24 hours a day for like 10 days straight. It's actually pretty catchy after awhile.
 
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