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• KOOKABURRABARNEYTRACK 23 ON BARNEY’S FAVOR, VOLUME 1 1 VIEWER19.7K VIEWS3 CONTRIBUTORSKOOKABURRA LYRICSKOOKABURRA SS THE OLD GUM TREEMERRY, MERRY KG OF THE BH IS HELGH KOOKABURRA, LGHKOOKABURRA, GAY YOUR LIFE MT BEKOOKABURRA SS THE OLD GUM TREEEATG ALL THE GUMDROPS HE N SEESTOP, KOOKABURRA, STOPKOOKABURRA, LEAVE SOME THERE FOR MEKOOKABURRA SS THE OLD GUM TREECOUNTG ALL THE MONKEYS HE N SEESTOP, KOOKABURRA, STOPKOOKABURRA, THAT'S NOT THE MONKEY - THAT'S MEYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
• ATRALIAN SCHOOL DROPS 'GAY' OM KOOKABURRA SONG
• KOOKABURRAMARN SCLAIRJAN. 1, 19321 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORKOOKABURRA LYRICSKOOKABURRA SS ON THE OLD GUM TREEMERRY MERRY KG OF THE BH IS HELGH, KOOKABURRA, LGH, KOOKABURRAGAY YOUR LIFE MT BE!KOOKABURRA SS THE OLD GUM TREEEATG ALL THE GUMDROPS HE N SEESTOP, KOOKABURRA, STOP, KOOKABURRALEAVE SOME THERE FOR MEKOOKABURRA SS THE OLD GUM TREECOUNTG ALL THE MONKEYS HE N SEESTOP, KOOKABURRA, STOP, KOOKABURRATHAT'S NO MONKEY, THAT'S MEYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

KOOKABURRABARNEYTRACK 23 ON BARNEY’S FAVOR, VOLUME 1 1 VIEWER19.7K VIEWS3 CONTRIBUTORSKOOKABURRA LYRICSKOOKABURRA SS THE OLD GUM TREEMERRY, MERRY KG OF THE BH IS HELGH KOOKABURRA, LGHKOOKABURRA, GAY YOUR LIFE MT BEKOOKABURRA SS THE OLD GUM TREEEATG ALL THE GUMDROPS HE N SEESTOP, KOOKABURRA, STOPKOOKABURRA, LEAVE SOME THERE FOR MEKOOKABURRA SS THE OLD GUM TREECOUNTG ALL THE MONKEYS HE N SEESTOP, KOOKABURRA, STOPKOOKABURRA, THAT'S NOT THE MONKEY - THAT'S MEYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

Kookaburra ss the old gum treeMerry, merry kg of the bh is heLgh kookaburra, lghKookaburra, gay your life mt beKookaburra ss the old gum treeEatg all the gumdrops he n seeStop, kookaburra, stopKookaburra, leave some there for meKookaburra ss the old gum treeCountg all the monkeys he n seeStop, kookaburra, stopKookaburra, that's not the monkey - that's meHow to Format Lyrics:Type out all lyrics, even repeatg song parts like the chosLyrics should be broken down to dividual lUse sectn hears above different song parts like [Verse], [Chos], alics (<i>lyric</i>) and bold (<b>lyric</b>) to distguish between different volists the same song partIf you don’t unrstand a lyric, e [?

ATRALIAN SCHOOL DROPS 'GAY' OM KOOKABURRA SONG

Photograph: Rob Griffh/APAn Atralian school headteacher has asked stunts to stop g the word "gay" when sgg a classic children's song, but today said no offence was tend – he was simply tryg to keep the children om Mart of Le Page primary school, Melbourne, said he stcted stunts to substute the le "Fun your life mt be" for the origal "Gay your life mt be" when sgg Kookaburra Ss the Old Gum Tree. The song about a native Atralian bird is a favoure around said he was playg a rerdg of the song for the stunts about a month ago when the le "gay your life mt be" produced a flurry of giggl throughout the of the stunts e the word "gay" as a schoolyard tnt, he said, but don't unrstand s te meang.

And so, to lm them down, he told them to swap the word "fun" for "gay".

"It wasn't misplaced polil rrectns, wasn't homophobia, there was nothg really lculated dog , " he said.

KOOKABURRAMARN SCLAIRJAN. 1, 19321 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORKOOKABURRA LYRICSKOOKABURRA SS ON THE OLD GUM TREEMERRY MERRY KG OF THE BH IS HELGH, KOOKABURRA, LGH, KOOKABURRAGAY YOUR LIFE MT BE!KOOKABURRA SS THE OLD GUM TREEEATG ALL THE GUMDROPS HE N SEESTOP, KOOKABURRA, STOP, KOOKABURRALEAVE SOME THERE FOR MEKOOKABURRA SS THE OLD GUM TREECOUNTG ALL THE MONKEYS HE N SEESTOP, KOOKABURRA, STOP, KOOKABURRATHAT'S NO MONKEY, THAT'S MEYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

"I uld've stopped the whole class and gone to a very rg, supportive explanatn of gay beg que a reasonable choice liftyle that some people make, but I was only talkg wh seven and eight year olds, and I thk that sort of thg is better explaed more fully wh parents. Csar Hillis, CEO of the gay and lbian advocy group The Also Foundatn, did not go that far – but he did ll the lyril swap an overreactn. "Even if 's done for good tentns bee 'gay' is beg ed schoolyards as a slur, I thk they need to e the word as a nversatn rather than banng .

Gay your life mt beKookaburra ss the old gum treeEatg all the gum drops he n seeStop, Kookaburra!