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The song, Kookaburra was based on the Australian Bird, the Laughing Kookaburra which is known for it "Laughing" calls. | |||
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*The song is strongly associated with the [[Girl Guides]], since writer Marion Sinclair originally wrote it for a Girl Guides song competition in [[Australia]]. This makes it likely that audience members Chloe's age in [[Britain]] would have recognised the song on transmission several parts of the [[English language|English]]-speaking world. The song has no particular tradition, however, in the {{w|American Girl Scouts}}, perhaps lessening the impact of the song on American audiences. | *The song is strongly associated with the [[Girl Guides]], since writer Marion Sinclair originally wrote it for a Girl Guides song competition in [[Australia]]. This makes it likely that audience members Chloe's age in [[Britain]] would have recognised the song on transmission several parts of the [[English language|English]]-speaking world. The song has no particular tradition, however, in the {{w|American Girl Scouts}}, perhaps lessening the impact of the song on American audiences. | ||
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Revision as of 02:34, 13 September 2013
"Kookaburra" was a traditional nursery rhyme. Trish Webber sang it to calm her daughter Chloe whenever times got tough. The song's effect on Chloe subdued a monster based on a drawing of her father. (TV: Fear Her)
Trish was heard to sing, in part:
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Merry, merry king of the bush is he
Laugh, Kookaburra! Laugh, Kookaburra!
Gay your life must be
© Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Ltd.
Bird
The song, Kookaburra was based on the Australian Bird, the Laughing Kookaburra which is known for it "Laughing" calls.
Behind the scenes
- A loop of the song plays in the "Art Attack" game on the Defending the Earth! website.
- The song is strongly associated with the Girl Guides, since writer Marion Sinclair originally wrote it for a Girl Guides song competition in Australia. This makes it likely that audience members Chloe's age in Britain would have recognised the song on transmission several parts of the English-speaking world. The song has no particular tradition, however, in the American Girl Scouts, perhaps lessening the impact of the song on American audiences.
