{"id":17255,"date":"2023-09-04T20:02:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T20:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=17255"},"modified":"2026-03-13T23:09:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T23:09:23","slug":"tie-me-kangaroo-down-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/tie-me-kangaroo-down-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"Tie me Kangaroo down, Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN SPORT\r\n<\/span> \r\nIntro and Verse 1. Time: 2\/2   Tenor: C   Bass: C\r\n<\/span> \r\n(Spoken to a tap beat- I just slap the side of my guitar)\r\n<\/span>. . .  There's an old Australian stockman\r\n<\/span>Lying, dying, And he gets himself up onto one elbow\r\n<\/span>And he turns to his mates, who are gathered round him . . and he says\r\n<\/span>\r\n[C] Watch me wallaby's [F] feed, mate, [G] watch me wallaby's [C] feed\r\n<\/span><\/span>[C] They're a dangerous [F] breed, mate, so [G] watch me wallaby's [C] feed (All together now)\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }  <\/span>[C] Tie me kangaroo [F] down sport, [G] tie me kangaroo [C] down.  (<\/span><\/span><\/span>REPEAT<\/span><\/span>)\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span> \r\nVerse 2\r\n<\/span>[C] Keep me cockatoo [F] cool, Curl, [G] keep me cockatoo [C] cool\r\n<\/span><\/span>[C] Don't go acting the [F] fool, Curl, just [G] keep me cockatoo [C] cool\r\n\r\n{ CHORUS }<\/span> \r\n<\/span><\/span>\r\n[C] Take me koala [F] back, Jack, [G] take me Koala [C] back\r\n<\/span><\/span>[C] He lives somewhere out on the [F] track, Mac, so [G] take me koala [C] back\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }  <\/span>[C] Tie me kangaroo [F] down sport, [G] tie me kangaroo [C] down.  (<\/span><\/span><\/span>REPEAT<\/span><\/span>)\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span> \r\nVerse 3<\/span>\r\n[C] Let the Abos go [F] loose, Lew,[G]  let the Abos go [C] loose\r\n<\/span><\/span>[C] They're of no further [F] use, Lew, so[G]  let the Abos go [C]  loose\r\n\r\n{ CHORUS }<\/span> \r\n<\/span><\/span>\r\n[C] Mind me platypus [F] duck, Bill, [G] mind me playtpus [C] duck\r\n<\/span><\/span>Don't [C] let him go running [F] amuck, Bill, [G] mind me platypus [C] duck\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }  <\/span>[C] Tie me kangaroo [F] down sport, [G] tie me kangaroo [C] down.  (<\/span><\/span><\/span>REPEAT<\/span><\/span>)\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span> \r\nVerse 4\r\n<\/span>[C] Play your didgeri-[F] -doo, Blue, [G] play your didgeri-[C] -doo\r\n<\/span><\/span>[C] Keep playing 'til I shoot [F] through, Blue, [G] play your didgeri-[C] -doo\r\n\r\n{ CHORUS }<\/span> \r\n<\/span><\/span>\r\n[C] Tan me hide when I'm [F] dead, Fred, [G] Tan me hide when I'm [C] dead\r\n<\/span><\/span>(SPOKEN) - - - <\/span>So we [C] tanned his hide when he [F] died, Clyde, And [G] that's it hanging on the [C] shed\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }  <\/span>[C] Tie me kangaroo [F] down sport, [G] tie me kangaroo [C] down.  (<\/span><\/span><\/span>REPEAT<\/span><\/span>)\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN SPORT Intro and Verse 1. Time: 2\/2 Tenor: C Bass: C (Spoken to a tap beat- I just slap the side of my guitar) . . . There’s an old Australian stockman Lying, dying, And he gets himself up onto one elbow And he turns to … CLICK TO VIEW SONGTie me Kangaroo down, Sport<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120,95,133,126,265,116,117,131,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-perflive","category-animals","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-best-songs","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-power-outage","category-uke-juke"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30263,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17255\/revisions\/30263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}