Easy Songs |
[Tune: John Brown's Body]
It isn't any trouble just to
S-M-I-L-E, [Repeat.]
There isn't
any trouble but
will vanish like a bubble,
If you'll only take the
trouble
just to S-M-I-L-E.
It isn't any trouble just to
G-R-I-N, grin [etc.]
It isn't any trouble just to
L-A-U-G-H, [etc.]
[Intro, softly spoken] An old Australian Stockman was lying, dying, but he gets himself up on one elbow, and he calls to his station hands and says . . .
"I'm going, Blue; so this you gotta do,
I'm not gonna pull through, Blue,
so this you gotta do..."
CHORUS
Tie me kangaroo down, sport, tie me kangaroo down.
[Repeat.]
Let me wombats go loose, Bruce,
let me wombats go loose.
They're of
no further use, Bruce,
so let me wombats go lose.
Take me koalas back, Jack, take me koalas back.
They live somewhere out
on the track, Mac, so take me koalas back.
Watch me wallabies feed, Speed,
watch me wallabies feed,
They're a
dangerous breed, Speed,
so watch me wallabies feed.
Keep me cockatoos cool, Curl, keep me cockatoos cool,
Don't go acting the
fool, Curl, just keep me cockatoos cool.
Mind me platypus duck, Bill, mind me platypus duck.
Don't let him go
running amuck, Bill, mind me platypus duck.
Play your didgeridoo, Lew, play your didgeridoo,
Keep playing 'til I
shoot through, Lew, play your didgeridoo.
[haltingly with pathos]
Tan me hide when I'm dead, Fred, ta-n m-e h-i-d-e wh-e-n I'm d-e-a-d
[lively] So we tanned his hide, when he died, Clyde,
and that's it hanging on the shed!