Date: 18th Dec 1963 Radio Show: From Us To You
The Beatles and Rolf Harris singing Tie me Kangaroo Down with quite a few silly mistakes.
The Beatles joined Harris for a version of his 1960 hit Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport, with lyrics amended to refer to The Beatles and their long hair. Which make this recording so special.
Here are the lyrics!
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!!
(Though I don't want to claim Rolf nowadays the song is still cool!)
'Script':
Rolf: Fellas you feel like singing a chorus with me?
Beatles: yehh mmm okay yup etc etc
Rolf: Theres enthusiasm for you Ill give you a rough idea how it goes, it starts off with me going like this a one, two, a one two three four
Wobble board starts up
Rolf: And you come in with me Paul/STRIKE
And you come in in E, Paul
All together thats nice ha ha
There's an old Australian stockman, lying, dying. ahh..and he gets himself up onto one elbow and he turns to his four mates who are gathered around and he says.....
Cut your hair once a year boys,
Cut your hair once a year
If it covers your ears you cant hear boys
So cut your hair once a year
All together now
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down Wooooooooo
Tie me kangaroo *Rolf do you have to do that* down sport
Tie me kangaroo down Wooooooooooo
Rolf: ha ha, dear oh dearI forget the words now...take care of me, make sure, look out after me...keep goin....
Beatles: haha, woooooooo *Paul take care look after me,cant hear the rest*
Don't ill treat me pet dingo ringo
Dont ill treat me pet dingo!
They cant understand your lingo, ringo
So don't ill treat me pet dingo
All together now
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down Wooooooooo
Tie me kangaroo down sport
Tie me kangaroo down
I think George's guitar is on the blink I think
George's guitar is on the blink
It shouldnt go mmmngaaa. mmmngaaa, mmmngaaa Plink
Okay now thats really on the blink
All together now
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down Wooooooooo
Tie me kangaroo down sport
Tie me kangaroo down
Prop me up by the wall, Paul
Prop me up by the wall,
Ill scream and cheer till I fall Paul
If youll prop me up by the wall
All together now
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down Wooooooooo *Rolf: thats where it should be, there woooooo
Tie me kangaroo down sport
Tie me kangaroo down Wooooooooooo
Keep the hits coming on John
Keep the hits coming on
At least until after Im gone, John
Keep the hits coming on
All together now
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down Wooooooooo
Tie me kangaroo *Rolf I got it* down sport
Tie me kangaroo down
Rolf: give us a bit of diddiddydid thats it
And with his very last gasp, he says...
Tan me hide when death comes chums
*Rolf coughs a bit and says oh dear*
Tan me hide when death comes
So we tanned his hide when he died, Clyde,
And Ringo's got it on his drums!
All together now
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down Wooooooooo
Tie me kangaroo down sport
Tie me kangaroo down
Ha ha ha what a phony bunch of laughter that was what about messing up that ending after all the rehearsal we did at least once?
John: you forgot the words didn't ya Rolf?
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