America, Kookaburra and the Nutcracker March

America (My Country Tis of Thee)



Kookaburra (played in a round)



Nutcracker March


These are Princess A's three favorite tunes from her evening Orchestra Concert on January 29th. Just hearing the title of the second tune gets it stuck in my head for days on end. Don't you hate when you get a tune stuck in your head and you don't know the words? Should this happen to you, I want you to be prepared. Here are the lyrics:

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Merry, merry king of the bush is he
Laugh kookaburra, laugh
Kookaburra, gay your life must be

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Eating all the gumdrops that he can see
Stop, kookaburra, stop
Kookaburra, leave some there for me

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Chasing all the monkeys he can see
Stop, kookaburra, stop
Kookaburra, that's not a monkey, that's me!

An old friend of mine from High School recently got married and moved to Australia. Here is what Jen had to say about kookaburras:

"Actually, they like to sit in dead tree branches about 3 feet above where you are, turn their heads and stare at you with one eye. We have several who visit us on our property in Warburton....."