An Australian Folk Song A Day: Kangaroo Pups

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Kangaroo Pups

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Father caught a kangaroo
Brother caught another too
Mother took the babies home,
Rim, ram, roam

CHORUS
Hippity, hoppity, kangaroo pups
Kangaroo pups, kangaroo pups
Hippity, hoppity, kangaroo pups
Kangaroo pups for sale.

Father caught 'bout eight or ten
Brother caught another then,
Mother took the babies home
Rim, ram, roam

Father caught em by the score
Brother caught a dozen more
Mother took the babies home
Rim, ram, roam

See em munchin' all the the food
Father's gettin' mighty rude
Eaten out o' house an' home.
Rim, ram, roam

From The Wildflower Songsheet of Australian Ballads.

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The Idea

This blog was inspired by John Boden's "Folk Song A Day" blog, featuring mostly unaccompanied renditions of English folk songs.

I thought that Australia Day was a good time to start an Australian version*. While some of the songs will be previously-recorded songs, most will be recorded for this blog. I plan to use a variety of arrangement styles and recording approaches. While I will attempt to record versions of these songs which are pleasant to listen to, this is more of an archiving project than a recording venture.

I'm hoping that this will be a site where new and old songs can be gathered and where the visitors to the site will share in the rich history and texture of the lovely conglomeration that is Australian traditional song.

*Australia Day is January 26. My blog accounts time was set to UK time when I started the blog. This explains why the first entry is now marked January 27. Changing the time in February is also the reason there are 29 entries for February. You can't have too much of a good thing!