Under the Shade of a Coolibah Tree

[merovingian]

So I have been following Waltzing Mathilda interpretations lately

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[merovingian]

As an added thank you, I will call and sing the song to the first ten people (or more likely their voicemail) who send me an LJ message with their phone number! Probably on Sunday. Maybe within a few days.

[cityratbuddy]

I want to be assured that no jumbucks were harmed in the making of this post.

[merovingian]

Look, that jumbuck got stuffed in a tucker bag. I can't make any guarantees; sorry.

BAAAAh

[featheredfrog]

http://www.ancientpond.com/images/serta_sheep.jpg

[merovingian]

http://www.kitejambvi.com/sites/default/files/upload/billabong_jpg.jpg

[reverancepavane]

When they were holding a referendum for the new Australian national anthem to replace God Save The Queen, there was a very real fear by the people in power that Waltzing Matilda would actually win. To prevent this, the referendum featured three different versions of the song (out of five choices), in order to split the vote. Much like every referendum to change Australia to a republic (one no vote and four or more yes vote choices

[merovingian]

Thanks!

You seem awfully sure that a jumbuck is not actually a domestic hygeine robot.

[metaphortunate]

Perhaps it is an electric jumbuck, the traditional dream of a domestic hygiene robot.