rolf harris - tie me kangaroo down cha cha lyrics
[intro + dialogue]
rolf: what are you gonna sing for us tonight, perot?
perot: well, i thought i would… sing a little, original, sort of spanish/ italian cha+cha+cha thing, that i was written myself…
[music starts]
rolf: that’s nice. let’s hear it then…
perot: alright
backing vocals: ugh!
perot: what was that?!
rolf: what was what?
perot: that “ugh!” thing?
rolf: oh, they always do that with cha+cha+chas… now, come on
perot: okay
backing vocals: ugh!
[chorus + perot singing]
tie me kangaroo down, cha+cha+cha
tie me kangaroo down + sport!
tie me kangaroo down, cha+cha+cha
tie me kangaroo…
down + cha+cha+cha!
(ugh!)
[bridge + dialogue]
rolf: just a minute perot, i thought you said this was original?
perot: well, it is. i wrote it myself. i know + ‘cos i was there when i writ it!
rolf: well, let’s hear a bit more of it then…
backing vocals: cha+cha+cha!
[verse 1 + perot singing]
keep me c+ckatoo cool, carissima
keep me c+ckatoo cool + curly!
and mind me platypus too, carissima
keep mе c+ckatoo
cool + cha+cha+cha!
(ugh)
[verse 2 + perot singing]
take me koala bear back, raccio
takе me koala bear back + bluey!
take him twice round the track + and then back of course
take me koala bear
back + cha+cha+cha!
(ugh!)
[bridge + dialogue]
rolf: just a minute, perot. this is a straight pinch from ‘tie me kangaroo down, sport’… but you’ve lost all the feeling of the old australian stockman lying, dying?
perot: i was just going to get to that bit…
rolf: well… i’m sorry
backing vocals: cha+cha+cha!
[verse 3 + perot singing]
hide me head, when i’m dead, jabolo
hide me head, when i’m dead + fred!
so we hid his head when he died, kid
and where did you think that we hid it?
under the bed… cha+cha+cha!
[chorus + perot singing]
tie me kangaroo down, cha+cha+cha
tie me kangaroo down + sport!
tie me kangaroo down, cha+cha+cha
tie me kangaroo…
down + cha+cha+cha!
(cha+cha+cha!)
(ugh!)
[chorus + rolf and perot singing]
tie me kangaroo down, cha+cha+cha
tie me kangaroo down + sport!
tie me kangaroo down, cha+cha+cha
tie me kangaroo…
down + cha+cha+cha!
(ugh!)
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