(sang to the tune of Jingle Bells)
Dashing through the bush
In a rusty Holden Ute
Kicking up the dust
Esky in the boot
Kelpie by my side
Singing Christmas songs
It's summer time and I am in
My singlet, shorts and thongs
CHORUS:
OH, JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS
JINGLE ALL THE WAY
CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA
ON A SCORCHING SUMMER'S DAY
JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS
CHRISTMAS TIME IS BEAUT
OH WHAT FUN IT IS TO RIDE
IN A RUSTY HOLDEN UTE
Engine's getting hot
Dodge the kangaroos
Swaggy climbs aboard
He is welcome too
All the family is there
Sitting by the pool
Christmas day, the Aussie way
By the barbecue!
CHORUS
Come the afternoon
Grandpa has a doze
The kids and uncle Bruce
Are swimming in their clothes
The time comes round to go
We take a family snap
Then pack the car and all shoot through
Before the washing up
Translations:
Holden Ute= Aussie car/pick up truck
Boot= trunk of car
Kelpie= breed of Australian Cattle dog
Thongs= flip flops
Swaggy= drifter
Doze= sleep/nap
Family snap= family photo
shoot through= leave quickly
Beaut= great
Esky= ice box
Esky= ice box
[For those who didn't know from one of my last posts a 'boomer' is a Kangaroo.]
What about you? Got any local carols to share to put us all in the Christmas Spirit?
My boys LOVE this one! :)
Need help. What's an ute?
ReplyDeleteCute song, Tabitha! I couldn't imagine Christmas in summer weather. I love the snow too much.
And here I thought you were wearing thongs. (Teenie-Tiny Bikini underwear:)
ReplyDeleteToo funny, I had the beat going and all. You should have seen me bouncing away. Thanks for the laugh, Tab! xo
THAT IS AWESOME!!!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is "Oh Holy Night". I could listen to that song forever.
That was really cute! My favorite Christmas song is, "Mary, Did You Know?"
ReplyDeleteHa! Very clever, good lady. I'll be humming Jingle Bells all morning now... :)
ReplyDeleteLOL! Thank goodness you put the definitions to go with the lyrics!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome song. We spent Christmas in Arizona once and being from Canada it was weird having a hot Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI love these lyrics! I can't imagine a hot Christmas. Although after 38C below here two days ago, it feels possitively balmy at -4 today :)
ReplyDeleteI love it! Ours is "Feliz Navidad."
ReplyDeleteHa! I love it. I wouldn't mind a sweltering Christmas right about now. I'm freezing.
ReplyDeleteSo that's a real song? LOL! I don't have a favorite, but I love a whole bunch of them. :-)
ReplyDeleteHow fun! We grew up calling flip-flops "thongs", too. If you say thongs nowadays (at least around here), everyone thinks you're talking about skimpy underwear!
ReplyDeleteThe rain is dumping down right now, but I don't mind; I'm just glad temperatures are above freezing again and there's no snow! Still, I would LOVE to get some of that Australian sunshine!
Lol. I CANNOT imagine Christmas hot. Just ain't right.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the glossary at the bottom - very handy! I loved the song. My favorite is "Mary Did You Know?"
ReplyDeleteWhile touring the UK in October, I met a bunch of the kindest Australians ever. I wish now I could've had them sing me this song.
ReplyDeletePS: They introduced me to Veggie Mite (dreadful stuff) and Wheatbix. And I love the Australian accent!!
Thank you for this! Great lyrics, plus it's a reminder to those living in the northern regions (not here in central Texas) that it is still Christmas even if there's no snow on the ground.
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Hee hee That is is so good! Lovely song!
ReplyDeleteCheers!
I love this jingle from down under! Full of you vibrant charm and good humor. I can see why your boys love it. I wish I had a jovial jingle that could match!
ReplyDeleteHehe, could just about be a kiwi christmas if you called the thongs/flip flops jandals and swapped a huntaway for a kelpie :D
ReplyDeleteLove it Tab!
No, but that is hilarious! I'm trying to imagine a hot Christmas, but I can't wrap my mind around it. Thanks for the Australian Christmas carol. :)
ReplyDeleteWhen we were kids flip flops were called thongs. Somewhere along they line the term came to refer to underwear. Santa can't be too hot, he doesn't have any pit stains on his shirt. ;-]
ReplyDeleteAhh! Australian slang! I'm totally bookmarking this post. We've got an Australian dude in our WIP and we're trying to make him sound like an actual Aussie. Tricky business when you live in Cleveland, Ohio.
ReplyDeleteThat was so fun! And thank you for the translation! I was wondering what those things meant. Is it really that hot there? That must be awesome.
ReplyDeletehahaha- enjoyd it!
ReplyDeletehehehe love all the comments! Go the aussie chrissie carol!
ReplyDeleteAs Oscar Wilde famously said about Britain and the United States, I guess Australia and the United States are two countries separated only by a common language!
ReplyDeletelove it.
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Happy Thursday! I have a little something for you at my blog today. ;-)
ReplyDeleteHa, ha. I love it! We stick with regular Christmas songs but my kids (and my husband and I too) LOVE the Jackson 5 Christmas. I can dance and sing along for hours :)
ReplyDeleteYou make me think of my sister in Victoria. She's been there long enough that she expects hot now...I'd like to give it a try!
ReplyDeleteCUTE! Now Jingle Bells is stuck in my head.
ReplyDeleteI feel like I'm there! :)
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome! Very funny. I always forget that it's warm in other places at Christmas
ReplyDeleteWe're expecting a white Christmas in KY this year. I would take warm over snow most of the time, but snow on Christmas would be pretty cool.
Brilliant lyrics! I'm proud I knew all the slang (except swaggy-thanks for adding to my repertoire!) You should probably translate Esky (ice chest) because that one took me a bit when I first moved here.
ReplyDeleteSure wish I could be singing that song right now as it drizzles relentlessly outside and everything looks gray, tired, dead.
ReplyDeleteHow many times will you hear this before you get sick of it? :-)
Tab, you're it! Sorry I did it to you, love. I know you're busy with the move and the holidays, so whenever you get the chance, you can answer the never-ending questions that were passed on to me. Love ya!
ReplyDeleteThank you all for the lovely comments. I so sorry I have been MIA. I will be back again on Monday and visiting blogs again. We are finally looking like being on top of the packing.
ReplyDeleteNo "Father Christmas lost his whiskers
ReplyDeleteFlying TAA"?
I LOVE this! Thanks for posting.
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