Six White Boomers
(spoken : ) In Australia Christmas comes in the
middle of a very hot
summer, so when Santa Claus delivers his presents he is not taken
round by reindeer because they can’t stand the terrible heat. He’s
taken round by six big wild old men
kangaroos called the
“Six White Boomers”.
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Early on one Christmas Day, a
Joey Kangaroo
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was far from home and lost in
a great big zoo.
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„Mummy, where's my mummy,
they've taken her away.”
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„We'll help you find your
mummy, son, hop on the sleigh!”
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1. Up beside the bag of toys, little Joey hopped,
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but they hadn’t gone far when
Santa stopped.
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Unharnessed
all the reindeer and Joey wondered why,
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then he heard a far off
booming in the sky.
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(Rolf Harris makes “boom”
noises)
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Six white boomers, snow white boomers,
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racing Santa Claus through the blazing sun.
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Six white boomers, snow white boomers,
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on his
Australian run.
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2. Pretty soon old Santa began to feel the heat,
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took his
fur-lined boots off to cool his feet.
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Into one popped Joey, feeling
quite OK,
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while those old man kangaroos
kept pulling on the sleigh, hey!
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3. Then Joey said to Santa, “Santa, what about the toys,
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aren't you giving some to
these girls and boys?”
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“Well, they've all had their
presents, sonny, we were here last night.
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This trip is an extra trip,
Joey's special flight.“ + CHORUS
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4. Soon the sleigh was flashing past, right over Marble Bar.
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“Slow down there
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Hop up on my lap here, son,
and have a look around.”
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“There she is, that's mummy, bounding up and down!”
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5. Well, that's the bestest Christmas treat
that Joey ever had,
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curled up in
mother's pouch feeling snug and glad.
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The last they saw was Santa
heading northward from the sun,
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the only year the boomers
worked a double run.
+ CHORUS (capo
3rd) (Rolf Harris)