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Post by HMARK Center on Jan 13, 2009 17:47:31 GMT -5
...under the shade of a coolibah tree.
I just got to teach my 4th graders this song in music class. Nice.
...Ignore the rugby stills, if you so choose.
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Jan 13, 2009 17:57:41 GMT -5
Once a jolly Swagman always a jolly Swagman.
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Post by thesam07 on Jan 13, 2009 17:57:55 GMT -5
Truly the greatest song about a Hobo who steals sheep and then drowns in a pond.
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Jan 13, 2009 17:59:08 GMT -5
Uh, It's camped by the billabong.
Just a heads up.
So then, why ya teaching American kids Waltzing Matilda? Is it like a music around the world type of thing?
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Jan 13, 2009 18:02:46 GMT -5
That Swagman was truly thug life born and thug life bred.
At that Billabong he became thug life dead
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Post by Widow's Peak on Jan 13, 2009 18:16:25 GMT -5
Truly the greatest song about a Hobo who steals sheep and then drowns in a pond. ;D I got to teach that song when a was student teaching in an elementary school. I'm sure the theme of livestock poaching was lost on them. |
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Jan 13, 2009 18:17:47 GMT -5
We learned Waltzing Matilda in fourth grade too. Except we learned it was "sat beside the billabong".
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Post by Rorschach on Jan 13, 2009 18:20:46 GMT -5
Waltzing Matilda is an awesome song. I remember first hearing it on Nickelodeon's "Elephant Show".
God, I feel old typing that. Sharon, Lois, and Brahm haven't been relevant in AGES.
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Post by HMARK Center on Jan 13, 2009 18:47:25 GMT -5
Sharon, Lois, and Brahm are ALWAYS relevant.
As for some of the words, I've heard about four different versions of the song already, so I don't get hung up on them.
And yes, Yank kids get to learn it for multi-cultural reasons, and it's also a good early lesson in singing harmony during the refrain.
See, that would REALLY be intimidating at a Rugby match, if the crowd could burst into full on two or three voice harmony.
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Jan 13, 2009 19:04:48 GMT -5
Here's a song by Tom Waits with the same title, but with almost completely different lyrics and theme.
I'm only posting it because I heard it on NPR once and I could swear it was Trey Parker. Maybe that's where he gets the voice from.
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Jan 13, 2009 20:37:14 GMT -5
Sharon, Lois, and Brahm are ALWAYS relevant. As for some of the words, I've heard about four different versions of the song already, so I don't get hung up on them. And yes, Yank kids get to learn it for multi-cultural reasons, and it's also a good early lesson in singing harmony during the refrain. See, that would REALLY be intimidating at a Rugby match, if the crowd could burst into full on two or three voice harmony. Ah yes, the Haka has nothing on Waltzing Matilda. Wait... You should totally teach the kids the Haka. |
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