Kiwiana

[lostinchaos]

Greetings My Zambuian Brethren,

Last Night I attended a production that my 8 year old daughter was involved in and was overcome d by a sense of patriotism and pride listening to all the songs that had been written and performed by New Zealanders but did not make the international market.
These types of songs, for example "The Gumboot Song", are sooo self explanatory of what makes Kiwi's stand out from the rest of the world.

I invite you all to post your lyrics and youtube links of what you deem as Kiwiana.

[Queen Cherry]

I was speaking to a mate of mine
just the other day
A guy called Bruce Bayliss actually
who lives up our way
He's been living in Europe
for the year, more or less
I said "How was Europe, Bruce?"
He says "Fred, it's a mess"

We don't know how lucky we are, mate.
We don't know how lucky we are!

I was down the Plough and Chequebook
the night before last
There's a guy down there on the floor
with his brain at half-mast
I said "You're looking really bad mate
your eyes look like strings"
He says "Get me an eight will you please
I can't see a thing"

We don't know how lucky we are, mate.
We don't know how lucky we are!

Me stock agent's got a beach place
where he spends most of his days
His wife bit the dust down there last year
got eaten by a couple of crays
And his two littlest daughters
got killed by a whale
I said "Are you going down there this year mate?"
He says "Fred, right on the nail"

"We don't know how fortunate we are to have that place
We don't know how propitious are the circumstances Frederick"

So if things are looking really bad
you're thinking of givin' it away
Remember New Zealand's a cracker
and I reckon come what may
If things get appallingly bad
and we all get atrociously poor
If we stand in the queue with our hats on
we can borrow a few million more
We don't know how lucky we are, mate
We don't know how lucky we are

We don't know how lucky we are, mate.
We don't know how lucky we are!
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The New Version

Source: Album: Fred Dagg (Anthology) Released 2000

At the dawn of the day, in the great Southern Ocean
Where the world’s greatest fish was being landed
And the boat they were pulling it into was sinking
And the sea was quite lumpy, and the weather was foul
And the bloke with the map was as pissed as an owl
And the boys called out “Maui, ya clown, let it go”
In the noise he reached down for his grandmother’s jawbone
and he winked at his mates and he said
“Boys, we don’t know how lucky we are”
“I have a feeling I have stumbled on something substantial.”

We don’t know how lucky we are
We don’t know how lucky we are
We don’t know how lucky we are
We don’t know how lucky we are

I was speaking to a mate of mine, just the other day
A bloke called Bruce Bayliss who, lives up our way
He’s been round the world on an 8th army do for a year, more or less
I said “Describe the global position, Bruce”
He said “Fred, it’s a mess.
We don’t know how lucky we are in this country.
We don’t know how lucky we are.

We don’t know how lucky we are
We don’t know how lucky we are

There’s a guy I know who lives in town
I see him about once a year I suppose
He’s had a coronary since Easter
He’s got a haemorrhage in his ear
He went bankrupt a couple of weeks back
And now his wife’s left him too
I said “You’re looking hot mate,
You’re looking clear, what are ya gonna do?”
He said “We don’t know how lucky we are
To live in this joint mate"

We don’t know how lucky we are
We don’t know how lucky we are

So when things are looking really bad
And you’re thinking of giving it a way
Remember, New Zealand’s a cracker
And I reckon come what may
If things get appallingly bad
And we’re all under constant attack
Remember, we want to see good clean ball
And for god’s sakes, feed your backs
We don’t how fortunate we are to have that place
We don’t know how propitious are the circumstances.

We don’t know how lucky we are, mate
We don’t know how lucky we are

We don’t know how lucky we are, get it right
We just don’t realise how fortunate we are
We have no idea, the luck, we possess, collectively
We just don’t know how lucky we all are. Full stop.

[lostinchaos]

Adapted by John Grenell, then known as John Hore, from the original Australian version composed by Geoff Mack, and made popular by Lucky Starr. Over the years, John has made changes in the list of NZ towns.


I've Been Everywhere Man

music Geoff Mack, words Geoff Mack and John Grenell 1966


D Well I was hitching a ride on the winding Hokitika road
When along came a lorry with a high and canvas-covered load
A7 "If you're going to Hokitika, mate, with me you can ride"
So I D jumped into the cabin and I settled down inside
He A7 asked me if I'd seen a road with so much dust and sand
And I said, D "Look, listen mate, I've been every road in this here land ...

Cos, I've been everywhere man, I've been everywhere man
I've G crossed the desert bare man,
I've D breathed the mountain air man
Of A7 travel I've had my share man
I've been every-D-where

I've been to
D Kaparoa Whangaroa Akaroa Motueka
Taramoa Benmore Pongaroa Horoeka
G Rimutaka Te Karaka Whangarei
D Nuhaka Waimahaka Motuhura Waikaka
A7 Motonui Hokonui Papanui Wainui
D Matawai Rongotai Pikowai I'm a guy. Ch. I've been everywhere, man . . .

Eb Woodville Dargaville Lumsden Katikati
Naseby Cambridge Porirua Mararoa
Ab Hastings Tikitiki Tauranga Auckland
Eb Naenae Waitaha Hamilton Poroporo
Bb7 Taupo Timaru Oamaru Tihoi
Eb Awanui Wanganui Pauanui lot o' hooey. Ch. I've been everywhere, man . . .

E Featherston Palmerston Woolston Te Awamutu
Riverton Queenstown Picton Ohinemutu
A Morere Korere Rotorua Kaikoura
E Matamata Ruakura Ikamatua Papakura
B7 Waitaki Pukaki Taranaki Te Kauwhata
E Ropata Ikowai Waitemata what's the matter. Ch. I've been everywhere, man . . .

F Ruatoki Matahura Taupiri Maketu
Kyeburn Sowburn Wedderburn Mossburn
Bb Washdyke Arawhata Paparoa Kaponga
F Teraha Thames Kerikeri Kokoma
C7 Tapanui Porinui Tawanui Otahuhu
F Ruatapu Mosgiel Whareroa that's for sure. Ch. I've been everywhere, man . . .

Gb Kapiti Ngawaka Onepu Reporoa
Tongariro Tomoana Renwick Papamoa
B Karitane Oxford Parihaka Karetu
Gb Coalgate Whitecliffs Urenui Mamaku
Db7 Waimea Waharoa Dannevirke Ngahere
Gb Gordonton Oban Kingston how ya been. Ch. I've been everywhere, man . . .

I've been Db7 here, there, everywhere
I've been every-Gb-where




A Mouthfull for anyone

[Queen Cherry]

Fred Dagg - She'll Be Right



When you're hunting in the mountains and your dog's put up a chase,
And a porker's coming at you and he doesn't like your face.
And you're running and he's running and he's pounding on the pace,
Well, don't worry mate, she'll be right.

She'll be right, mate, she'll be right.
Don't worry mate, she'll be right.
You can get your feed of pork when he slows down to a walk
So don't worry mate she'll be right.

When you're logging in the ranges and you're riding down the bluff,
With forty feet of timber riding right behind your chuff.
Your clutch has started slipping and your brakes are worse than rough.
Well, ...

She'll be right, mate, she'll be right.
Don't worry mate, she'll be right.
Just give her all you can give her, and she'll just fly into the river.
So don't worry mate she'll be right.

When they've finished off your forwards, and your backs are wearing thin,
The second half's near over and you're forty points to win,
And a hulking wing three quarter's got his teeth stuck in your shin
Well, ...

She'll be right, mate, she'll be right.
Don't worry mate, she'll be right.
You won't worry who's the loser when you meet them down the boozer.
So don't worry mate she'll be right.

When you're boiling up the copper and you're brewing up the hops
You've made a hundred dozen and you've hammered down the tops.
The missus comes and asks you where you've put your footy sox.
Well, ...

She'll be right, mate, she'll be right.
Don't worry mate, she'll be right.
Shove a shot of metho in, and you'll swear you're drinking gin.
So don't worry mate she'll be right.

[Roderick]

On TV the other day...they said that John Clarke(Fred Dagg) never wrote or first performed the gumboot song...they quoted Billy Connelly with it titled..."If it wasn't for your wellies (wellingtons), where would you be.." , and weren't sure that he was the very first..Max Cryer was the guy who put the record straight on morning tv earlier this week

Heard a lady singing that i've been everywhere man song , when it was fairly new out , and she knew all the places off by heart...it's harder than you think , to get it right at a party... ;D

[lostinchaos]

Thanks for the info on the Gumboot song player Zapped yah for your knowledge.

I don't think I would get past the first lot of place names Sober, let alone drunk. lolol

Personally, I'd love to see that @ someone drunk and singing that song.. hahahaha

[Roderick]

It is funny to see people having a go...some do well , by making their own list up and practicing it...was many parties ago now though...unfortunately.....thanks for the zap LiC...i felt that one ...cheers

[ancient1]

We dont know how lucky we are

[ancient1]

Gumboots

[ancient1]

I've been everywhere,man, - John Grunell

[ancient1]

I been everywhere man (aus version)

[ancient1]

I been every where - US version -Hank Snow

[lostinchaos]

[chorus:]
History never repeats
I tell myself before I go to sleep
Don't say the words you might regret
I've lost before you know I can't forget

There was a girl I used to know
She dealt my love a savage blow
I was so young, too blind to see
But anyway that's History

I say [chorus]

You say I always played the fool
Well I can't go on, if that's the rule
Better to jump than hesitate
I need a change and I can't wait

[chorus2:]
History never repeats
I tell myself before I go to sleep
And there's a light shining in the dark
Leading me on towards a change of heart
(ah-ar)

History never repeats, history never repeats

Deep in the night it's all so clear
I lie awake with great ideas
Lurking about in no-man's land
I think at last I understand

[chorus2]
Never repeats!...
Hey.... Hey....
Never repeats!

And I say, that's all
Remember til the next time

[all?:] thank you!

won't you stay, stay a while with my own one
one more day, one more day with my own ones
this old world, is so cold, don't care nothing for your soul
you share with your own ones...

Haul away, haul away, heave away, haul away, haul away, heave away

nz.youtube.com/watch?v=tzuJXqgsiSM

[lostinchaos]

At the heart of Oceania are Maori instruments, legends, history and language, via the talents of singer/songwriter Hinewehi Mohi and the lead singer of British post-punk band Killing Joke, Jaz Coleman.



Kotahitanga (Union) ~ Oceania

Whaka-awe-awe-awe-e (Hi)
Whaka-awe-awe-awe (Au-e)

Whaka-awe-awe-awe-e (Hi)
Whaka-awe-awe-awe (Au-e)
Mä te ko-tahi-tanga-a, (Hi)
Whaka-awe-awe-awe.

Te whakahï a iwi
Mei kore ake nei
E kore te tangata
E ora tonu i runga
I tënei ao

Rangatira, te tika
Maungarongo


Whaka-awe-awe-awe-e (Hi)
Whaka-awe-awe-awe (Au-e)
Mä te ko-tahi-tanga-a, (Hi)
Whaka-awe-awe-awe.

Te whakahï a iwi
Mei kore ake nei
E kore te tangata
E ora tonu i runga
I tënei ao

Mä tö tätou mau tonu
Me te whakatü
I te kotahitanga
E tutuki ai ä
tätou tohenga

Rangatira, te tika
Maungarongo

Whaka-awe-awe-awe-e (Hi)
Whaka-awe-awe-awe (Au-e)
Mä te ko-tahi-tanga-a, (Hi)
E whai i ai tätou

Whaka-awe-awe-awe-e (Hi)
Whaka-awe-awe-awe (Au-e)
Mä te ko-tahi-tanga-a, (Hi)
Whaka-awe-awe-awe.

(haka)
I runga i ngä ngutu tangata
Ngä rongotoa e
Nänä i toko te kohara
Ko Te tangata pono
Te (Hi)

Rangatira, te tika
Maungarongo

Whaka-awe-awe-awe-e (Hi)
Whaka-awe-awe-awe (Au-e)
Mä te ko-tahi-tanga-a, (Hi)
Whaka-awe-awe-awe. 2x

Whaka-awe-awe-awe-e (Hi)
Whaka-awe-awe-awe (Au-e)

[caronz]

How Bizarre OMC




Brother Pele's in the back, sweet Zina's in the front
Cruisin' down the freeway in the hot, hot sun
Suddenly red-blue lights flash us from behind
Loud voice booming, "Please step out onto the line"
Pele preaches words of comfort, Zina just hides her eyes
Policeman taps his shades, "Is that a Chevy '69?"

How bizarre
How bizarre, how bizarre

Destination unknown, as we pull in for some gas
Freshly pasted poster reveals a smile from the past
Elephants and acrobats, lions snakes monkey
Pele speaks "righteous," Sister Zina says "funky"

How bizarre
How bizarre, how bizarre

Ooh, baby (Ooh, baby)
It's making me crazy (It's making me crazy)
Everytime I look around
Everytime I look around (Everytime I look around)
Everytime I look around
It's in my face

Ring master steps out and says "the elephants left town"
People jump and jive, but the clowns have stuck around
TV news and camera, there's choppers in the sky
Marines, police, reporters ask where, for and why
Pele yells, "We're outta here," Zina says, "Right on"
We're making moves and starting grooves before they knew we were gone
Jumped into the Chevy and headed for big lights
Wanna know the rest? Hey, buy the rights...

How bizarre
How bizarre, how bizarre

Ooh, baby (Ooh, baby)
It's making me crazy (It's making me crazy)
Everytime I look around
Everytime I look around (Everytime I look around)
Everytime I look around
It's in my face