The Song of the Dijeridoo

Out from Cunnamulla where the Walla Walla meets the Binnagulla.
There’s a little fella with his spear and nulla nulla, King of the Dijeridoo.
For a reasonable fee he’ll play any corroboree that’s jumpin’
and it’s stumpin’ just to hear him blow.

Chorus:

Dum dum doo, zom zom zoo, zom zom zoo, zoodle-oo-zoo
Bom bom bom, bom bom bom, on his dijeridoo.
Dum dum doo, zom zom zoo, zom zom zoo, zoodle-oo-zoo.
Bom bom bom, bom bom bom on his Dijeridoo.

Thru the silver kurrajongs in the summer moon
By some misty billabong comes this tribal tune:

Dum dum doo, zom zom zoo, zom zom zoo, zoodle-oo-zoo
Bom bom bom, bom bom bom, on his dijeridoo.

(Explanation for the term ‘dijeridoo’ from the sheet music)

The dijeridoo = (ancient musical instrument of the Australian aborigine) consists of a piece of bamboo with a burnt-out centre, or of a hollow limb of timber four to five feet in length. The player blows into the small end with vibration of the lips and at the same time sputters the words of his song.

Discography:

1949, The Harmoniques (vocal quartet with guitar), Sydney, Pacific 10-0005 (10″-78).