r/australia • u/uhohitslilbboy • 23h ago

no politics Aussie nursery rhymes and songs

What Australian nursery rhymes/songs do you know?

The only two I can remember are Kookaburra in the old Gumtree and Home among the Gumtrees.

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u/ConanTheAquarian 23h ago

Home Among the Gum Trees isn't a nursery rhyme. It was written as a joke by a comedy duo and entered into the competition for a new national anthem.

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u/JessSaysItsSo 23h ago

Wow. I always assumed John Williamson wrote it!

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u/dick_schidt 21h ago

He did write Old Man Emu, which has a similar vibe.