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Amanda Shaw
Jan 5, 08 - 5:34 PM |
Need help with the name of the peom to these lyrics.
Hi I was hoping to find out the name of the peom (and who wrote it) that has a verse like this; "Been off the bloody cigarettes and off the bloody booze, up in Tummberbloodyrummba shootin kangabloodyroos" (sorry if there are any spelling mistakes!) If anyone know what poem that verse belongs to, I would much appreciate it! Thanks. |
Merv Webster
 Jan 8th, 2008 - 1:13 PM |
Re: Need help with the name of the peom to these lyrics.
This one might be the one you're looking for mate. Tumba Bloody Rumba by John Wolfe I was down the Riverina, knockin' 'round the towns a bit, And occasionally resting with a schooner in me mitt, And on one of these occasions, when the bar was pretty full And the local blokes were arguin' assorted kind of bull, I heard a conversation, most peculiar in its way. It's only in Australia you would hear a joker say: "Howya bloody been, ya drongo, haven't seen ya fer a week, And yer mate was lookin' for ya when ya come in from the creek. 'E was lookin' up at Ryan's, and around at bloody Joe's, And even at the Royal, where 'e bloody NEVER goes". And the other bloke says "Seen 'im? Owed 'im half a bloody quid. Forgot to give it back to him, but now I bloody did - Could've used the thing me bloody self. Been off the bloody booze, Up at Tumba-bloody-rumba shootin' kanga-bloody-roos." Now the bar was pretty quiet, and everybody heard The peculiar integration of this adjectival word, But no-one there was laughing, and me - I wasn't game, So I just sits back and lets them think I spoke the bloody same. Then someone else was interested to know just what he got, How many kanga-bloody-roos he went and bloody shot, And the shooting bloke says "Things are crook - the drought's too bloody tough. I got forty-two by seven, and that's good e-bloody-nough." And, as this polite rejoinder seemed to satisfy the mob, Everyone stopped listening and got on with the job, Which was drinkin' beer, and arguin', and talkin' of the heat, Of boggin' in the bitumen in the middle of the street, But as for me, I'm here to say the interesting piece of news Was Tumba-bloody-rumba shootin' kanga-bloody-roos. |
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Amanda Shaw
Jan 11th, 2008 - 8:26 PM |
Re: Need help with the name of the peom to these lyrics.
That's it, thank you very much, have been trying to find that poem for ages!! 
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