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Arunta the hunter,
the king of the Aborigine.
Armed with boomerang and spear,
Man or beast he doesn’t fear,
Tired of eating witchetty grub,
Grabs his nulla-nulla club.
Arunta! The Aboriginal hunter.
Arunta the hunter,
the king of the Aborigine.
Threw his spear away it flew,
Got himself a kangaroo,
Took his knife and skinned the beast,
Then he had himself a feast.
Arunta! The Aboriginal hunter.
Aborigine, doing the corroboree.
Aborigine, celebrating mighty hunting victory.
Arunta the hunter, the king of the Aborigine.
Built a fire by a billabong,
Pockets hot don’t take too long,
Gorged himself on platypus stew,
Played a tune on the digeridoo.
Arunta!
The dusky, the husky, the lusty Aboriginal hunter.
Composed by Nat Kipner and Clyde Collins (1960).
Performed by the Horrie Dargie Quintet.
Astor AEP-4001 (EP 45rpm, 7” )
Recorded in Melbourne, released May 1960
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From the dreamtime voices are calling,
Oh, Jedda won’t you come home?
Now under a spell she is falling,
Soon in dreamtime Jedda will roam.
She is lost and is nobody’s daughter,
She can’t find peace anywhere,
Her love only brings tears to water,
The desert of her heart that’s laid bare.
Poor Jedda child of a proud dark race,
From all white and black men’s love must turn her face;
Dreamtime for Jedda is waiting,
It’s a heaven up in the skies,
Where the happy spirits are mating
In a perfect love that never dies.
Composed by Leslie Raphael (1954)
Performed by Bob Gibson & His Orchestra
Recorded October 1, 1954, Sydney
Columbia DO-3668/Mx: CT3181 (78rpm, 10”)
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Underneath the Blue Gum Tree,
wombats sing and dance with glee,
Wallabies stand on their tails,
while overhead the Curlew wails.
From early morn ’till after dark
the Witchetty burrows in the bark.
He snuggles down and shakes with fright
while the Mopoke mopokes all the night.
Kookaburras loud and long
sing this crazy dancing song,
so hump your bluey come along
to the square dance by the billabong.
Down beside the Coolibah tree
Natives hold Corroboree,
Dingoes howl with all their might
while the Brolga prances thru the night.
Chorus:
Take your Jumbuck by the hand,
swing her to the Gum leaf Band
Sound your “Coo-ee” loud and long,
at the square dance by the billabong.
Do-si-do night and day,
to and fro the dancers sway,
The bunyip and the Kangaroo,
to the music to the didgereedo.
Take your Jumbuck by the hand,
swing her to the Gum leaf Band
Sound your “Coo-ee” loud and long,
at the square dance by the billabong.
Composed by Vernon Lisle (1951)
Performed by Bobby Limb & His Band
Recorded 1951, Sydney
Fidelity FY-1004A/Mx: MX 40648 (78rpm, 10”)
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Out from Cunnamulla where the Walla Walla meets the Binnagulla.
There’s a little fella with his spear and nulla nulla, King of the Dijeridoo.
For a reasonable fee he’ll play any corroboree that’s jumpin’
and it’s stumpin’ just to hear him blow.
Chorus:
Dum dum doo, zom zom zoo, zom zom zoo, zoodle-oo-zoo
Bom bom bom, bom bom bom, on his dijeridoo.
Dum dum doo, zom zom zoo, zom zom zoo, zoodle-oo-zoo.
Bom bom bom, bom bom bom on his Dijeridoo.
Thru the silver kurrajongs in the summer moon
By some misty billabong comes this tribal tune:
Dum dum doo, zom zom zoo, zom zom zoo, zoodle-oo-zoo
Bom bom bom, bom bom bom, on his dijeridoo.
Composed by Frank Coughlan & Jim Riley (1949)
Performed by The Harmoniques
Recorded late 1949, Sydney
Pacific 10-0005B/Mx: M27102B (78rpm, 10”)
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(Verse 1)
Near the billabongs and the lonely creeks,
The lubras shiver when the Bunyip shrieks,
And they cry as they run for the nearest tree,
Ooh! big feller Bunyip he is after me.
(Chorus)
The Bunyip will get you as sure as eggs,
He runs so fast on his hairy legs,
When he grunts and squeals, pick up your heels
Or the Bunyip will get you as sure as eggs.
(Verse 2)
When Captain Cook came to our land,
King Billy met him with a warning hand,
And he said: “Listen Cookie, sail right home again,
For the Bunyip, he likes juicy sailor men.”
(Verse 3)
Once a jolly swagman camped by a creek,
When down jumped the Bunyip with a horrible shriek,
And all that poor old swaggie could say
Was: “‘Scuse me, boss, I’ll be on my way.”
(Verse 4)
When the stars shone bright down on the farm,
Dave hugged Mabel in his big strong arms,
But a Bunyip frightened them with grunts and roars,
And as Dave dropped Mabel he said: “She’s all yours.”
(Verse 5)
When Ned Kelly was robbing a bank,
A Bunyip zoomed down and stopped his prank;
Said Ned, while sprinting for his moke:
“Fair go, Mister Bunyip, it was only a joke.”
(Verse 6)
On a lonely road a sports model stalled,
And out jumped a girl, when her boyfriend bawled:
“You’d better stay in this car with me –
For the Bunyip’s just behind that old gum tree.”
Composed by John Wheeler & Werner Baer (1943)
Performed by George Trevare & His Orchestra
Recorded February 26, 1952, Sydney
Parlophone A7792/Mx: A884 (78rpm, 10”)
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Poor fellow me, poor fellow me,
My country it gave me all that I see,
Gifts that I see, poor fellow me.
Once I was gay, once I was gay, once I was gay,
Poor fellow me, then came the day, I went away,
Now I am grey, poor fellow me.
Now I’m alone, now I’m alone,
now I’m alone, poor fellow me.
Nothing I own, spirit has flown,
poor fellow me.
So let me die,
peaceful I lie,
let my shade fly,
Poor fellow me,
Poor fellow me.
Lyrics: W.E. Harney & A.P. Elkin – Music: Alfred Hill (1950)
Performed by Alan Coad with Albert Fisher Orchestra
Recorded March 15, 1951, Sydney
Columbia DO-3391/Mx: CT2647 (78rpm, 10”)
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Lyrics: Richard Baylis – Music: William G. James (1922)
Performed by Alan Coad with Albert Fisher Orchestra
Recorded March 15, 1951, Sydney
Columbia DO-3391/Mx: CT2647 (78rpm, 10”)
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Jabbin, Jabbin, kirroo kagla.
Kurra kurra kirroo ka.
Jabbin Jabbin kirroo ka.
Jabbin Jabbin kirroo kagla.
Kurra kurra kirroo ka.
Jabbin Jabbin kirroo ka.
Collected: Mrs F.J. Murphy – Translated: Dr. H.O. Lethbridge –
Arranged: Arthur S. Loam (1937)
Performed by Lionel Long
Recorded 1962, Sydney
“The Wild Colonial Boy” SCXO-7674 (LP 33rpm, 12”)
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Composed by Reg Lindsay (1958)
Performed by Reg Lindsay & His Coltbreakers
Recorded October 23, 1958, Sydney
45DO-4008/Mx: 7XCT-416 (Single 45rpm, 7”)
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Composed by Kenny Graham (1955)
Performed by Ted Heath & His Music
Recorded March 31, 1955, London
“Kenny Graham’s Australia Suite”
DFEA-6300 (EP 45rpm, 7”)
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“Australian Aboriginal Legends” Special Souvenir Series
Recorded c. 1957, Sydney
Philips 421726 RE (EP 45rpm, 7”)
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Hello Australia! What’s new Australia?
Rock rock rock, Corroboree Rock,
Everybody’s doing the Corroboree Rock.
We’ll rock in the wool sheds, rock in the towns,
Rock in the wheat fields, rock in the downs,
You rock in the paddocks when they’re feeding the flock,
Everybody’s doing the Corroboree Rock.
Rock rock rock, Corroboree Rock,
Everybody’s doing the Corroboree Rock.
The black man taught us in days long ago,
The rhythm and rockin’ really make you go,
So when you feel you’re just ready to flop,
Get up and do the Corroboree Rock.
Rock rock rock, Corroboree Rock,
Everybody’s doing the Corroboree Rock.
Now if your friends would like to start,
To do this rock with all their heart,
They can bring a kazoo or a didgeridoo,
They can bring a kangaroo to Corroboree Rock.
Come on now, let’s rock!
(Everybody’s doing the Corroboree Rock)
Rock rock rock,
Rock rock rock.
Rock rock rock, Corroboree Rock,
Everybody’s doing the Corroboree Rock.
(Lyrics: Helen McEwan – Music: Tom Davidson, 1957)
Performed by Joan Bilceaux with Tom Davidson & His Orchestra
Recorded in Melbourne, released January 1958
W&G WG-SL564 (Single 45rpm, 7”)
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Mine tinkit gibit love,
Getum Mary marry me,
Makeum mia-mia by a tree,
Mine tinkit gibit love;
Mine tinkit catchum gin,
Buildum camp by billabong.
Cookum snake and singum song,
Mine tinkit life begin,
Jacky, him marry wit’ Mary in June,
An’ go a walkabout alonga honey moon;
Mine tinkit gibit love,
Get um Mary marry me.
Habum big Corroboree,
Mine tinkit gibit love.
Composed by George S. English & Deryck Barnes (1951)
Performed by Les Welch & His Orchestra
Recorded 1951, Sydney
Tasman W-078/Mx: MX40827 (78rpm, 10”)
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Composed by The Le Garde Twins, 1959)
Performed by The Le Garde Twins
Released August 1959
“Ballads of the Bushlands” Columbia 33OEX7506 (LP 33rpm, 12”)
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