(source: "The Worm Song and Other Tasty Tunes", Janet Wilson, 1993; also found in "Girl Guide Songbook, Vol. 1", Girl Guides Association, 1984 and in "Canciones de Nuestra Cabana", World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, 1980.)
(Australian folk song)
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,
Merry merry king of the bush is he,
Laugh, kookaburra, laugh, kookaburra,
Gay your life must be, ha, ha, ha!
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,
Eating all the gumdrops he can see,
Stop, kookaburra, stop, kookaburra,
Save some there for me, ha, ha, ha!
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,
Counting all the monkeys he can see,
Stop, kookaburra, stop, kookaburra,
That's not a monkey, that's me, ha, ha, ha!