An Aussie Bush Christmas

Merry Christmas




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Aussie Jingle Bells

Dashing through the bush
In a rusty Holden Ute
Kicking up the dust
Esky in the boot
Kelpie by my side
Singing Christmas songs
Its summer time and I am in
My singlet, shorts and thongs

Oh, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells
Jingle all the way
Christmas in Australia
On a scorching summer's day
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells
Christmas time is beaut
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a rusty Holden Ute

Engine's getting hot
Dodge the kangaroos
Swaggy climbs aboard
He is welcome too
All the family is there
Sitting by the pool
Christmas day, the Aussie way
By the barbecule!

Come the afternoon
Grandpa has a doze
The kids and Uncle Bruce
Are swimming in their clothes
The time comes round to go
We take a family snap
Then pack the car and all shoot through
Before the washing up






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C'mon it's an Aussie Christmas

Bucko and Champs


C'mon it's an Aussie Christmas

From Boy up Broke to Streaky Maine

C'mon it's an Aussie Christmas

Roll on Aussie Christmas day

C'mon it's an Aussie Christmas

Grab the rellies call your mates

and have yourselves a ripper

little Aussie Christmas Day

Score the meat from Ronnie Kinsell's

A Ham from Poppy's delico

Get a bag of pre-cut coleslaw

Hit the drive through bottle Oh

Top the tank of barbie gas up

A monster bag of salted chips

get a box of daggy bon bons
A good French onion dip
 

Trim the lawn and do the edges

get the doggie an extra bone

wack a tarp between the gum trees

speakers on the patio

Bags of ice from Johnno's garage

scattered chairs around the yard

grab the neighbours crank the hi fi

knuckle down and party hard

Celebration cross the nation

Aussie Christmas Day

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Christmas Day Australia Way

Angry Anderson

The winter wind is blowin' and I'm far away from home
When Christmas time is comin' and I'm feeling all alone
I dream of Margaret River on a summer's day
It's so beautiful at Byron Bay
Sydney Harbour and Adelaide
And a warm winds blowin' on a Whitsunday way
On walk-a-bout out Broken Hill way

It's Christmas Day Australia way
It's Christmas Day Australia way
Tassie island and Alice Springs
Or the Sunshine coast where the kookaburra sings
Gone to Darwin on a red dusty road
And the dreamtime desert is callin' me home
When the Fremantle doctor blows Scarborough way
It's Christmas Day Australia way
It's Christmas Day Australia way

And the cold breeze beatin' on window pane
The sighting of the day it's snowing out and rain
When I'm blown across the Northern Sea
It ain't my heart I'd rather be back home to say
(It's Christmas Day)
From Indian Ocean to the Coral Sea
Torquay, Bell's Beach, ACT
A woman down at Ballarat & Uluru
The Murray River Oh Kakadu
Stormy Cape, Coober Pedy, Birdsville, Canberra sure are neat
From a mountain trail to Arnham Land
Run a while the way you can
I've been away a long time seems like only yesterday
We were dancin' at St Kilda singin' Santa's on his way
I should be spending the day at Port Philip Bay
I'm dreamin' of Margaret River on a summer's day
It's so beautiful at Byron Bay
Sydney Harbour and Adelaide
And a warm winds blowin' on a Whitsunday way
On walk-a-bout out Broken Hill way
It's Christmas Day
 

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Christmas Photo

John Williamson

Oh it's December in Australia
Time to remember all the family
Christmas tree, native pine
Lights and tinsel, all entwined
Put a fairy on the top
There's Gran and Pa and Joan* and Pop
Ham and turkey's organised
Won't the grandkids be surprised?
When Santa comes in big black boots
In the back of Jacko's Ute

It's December in Australia
Time to remember all the family
Gather around for a photo
Hang on Less, where did Dad* go?
I gotta get everyone in the picture
I don't know where he's gone
Oh look here he is, come on Dad, hurry up!
Say Cheese, Cheese
Oh nope, mum's missing now
That'd be right

Oh yum, yum pig's bum, Christmas pudding
All the ladies do the cooking
All the men are really slack
Slappin' each other on the back
How ya goin' Tangles, how was your year?
Might rain tomorrow, have a cold beer.
I hear young Greg* is playin' fullback,
Guess he gets it all from you Jack,
Blah, blah, blah, blah.
Anyone up for a game of cricket?
Yeah

Oh it's December in Australia
Time to remember all the family
Gather around for a photo
Hang on Soph*, where did Garth* go?
I've got to get everyone in the picture
Oh OK, hang on I'll just go find him.
Garth, hurry up!
Oh he's just here, Garthy quick, come here!
Oh no hang on, now Scotty's missing
Oh Less, it's too hard
Let's just go play cricket, Yeah

Oh me not out, oh yes you are Nick
It's your ball, Max don't bowl too quick
Oh Nick has run off with the bat
After him across the flat
C'mon Cub you've had a bowl
Give the ball to Christie*
Oh Tom Tit, Pee-Wee, Brookie, Side Kick
You're on my side, grab the bat quick
Now he's run off with the stump
Better give that Nick a bump
Oh I think I'll just go have another Rum

Oh it's December in Australia
Time to remember all the family
Gather around for a photo
Oh hang on Less, where's Amo?
I gotta get everyone in the picture
I don't know where she is
I think she's already started eating
Nah, nah, here she comes, come on Amo
Hurry up, hurry up
Say cheese, Cheese
Oh no hang on, where's Brandy? Oh Adam!

Oh see the goanna up the gum tree
He's gonna get a feed today free
When the campers leave the lake
Bits of chook and choccy cake
It's Christmas time for him as well
See his big long belly swell

Oh it's December in Australia
Time to remember all the family
Gather around for a photo
Hang on Dad, where's Thomo?
I gotta get everyone in the picture
Well where is he?
Well I don't know!
Oh nah, here he is, come on Graham
Hurry up, come on, OK
OK everyone say cheese, Cheese
And� got it!
Oh finally, woo hoo!
Oh it's December in Australia
 

* Names used are substituted according to whose family it is!

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Christmas Waltz

John Williamson

I don't want a thing for Christmas I already have your love
Just be here beside me in the summer surely that's more than enough
Come out on the porch hear them singing
I think I can hear Noel
Just feeling the spirit of Christmas on the night we remember well

There you were beneath the stars
My eyes could not believe
That was the night we feel in love
It was on Christmas Eve
Oh what a diamond memory
Oh what a crystal ball
You came to me like a valentine like the flickering candle light


So I don't want a thing for Christmas I already have your love
Just be here beside me in the summer surely that's more than enough
Come out on the porch hear them singing
I think I can hear Noel
Just feeling the spirit of Christmas on the night we remember well
Just feeling the spirit of Christmas on the night we remember well
 

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Cool Rockin' Santa

Bucko & Champ

It's a boogie woogie Christmas get down and get Christmas Eve

Dosy doe  & cut loops round the Christmas tree

You can tangle your tinsel well it really don't matter to me

I've got fa la la la goin' dinga donga merrily on high

Dinga donga ding a ding a donga

Goin' sha la la la cause I'm a

Shanga langa kind of guy

Dinga donga ding a ding a donga

Well stand back honey am going make them reindeer fly

Well I'm a red hot rocker with my Santa gear on

You'll be rockin' in your stockings honey all night long

I'm a Cool Rockin' Santa (Cool Rockin' Santa)

A Cool Rockin' Santa  (Cool Rockin' Santa)

Well I'm a Cool Rockin' Santa

 and my sleigh is rockin' your way

Come over baby let's twist with the mistletoe

We're goin' shimmy and shake honey we won't need no snow

This sleigh headin' down so get ready to go

 and my sleigh is heading your way

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Dinky Di Christmas

Barry Crocker

I want a dinky di Christmas

A down on the beach all cosy and warm

Or floatin' down The Murray, in no big hurry

Or out on Aunty Rozie's farm

Give me a dinky di Christmas

A southern cross up in the sky

May your esky never runs dry  & may Christmas be dinky di

Here we go

Now if your winter is a bummer you can change it into summer

in the southern hemisphere

and if you got something that's ailin' ya 

I recommend Australia, a lovely time of year

For our rellies special Christmas bring the children and the misses

and the sun shines every day

Well I hope that you're excited cause you're formally invited

to come and share our holiday

Cause if you like a dinky di Christmas

Australia's the only place to go

surfing in warm water with someone's daughter and

not freezin' in a snow

Give me a dinky di Christmas nowhere else will satisfy

May your esky never runs dry & may  Christmas be dinky di

Wack a prawn on the barbie

May your esky never runs dry & may Christmas be ....(Christmas be)

Give me a dinky di Christmas

A southern cross up in the sky

May your esky never runs dry  & may Christmas be dinky di

I love you darlin'

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Happy Birthday Father Christmas

Rolf Harris

Knock, knock, knock, knock
I'm coming, I'm coming
What can I do for you my friends

When's your birthday Father Christmas
Oh, we have to know for sure
Cause on your birthday Father Christmas
we'll be waiting round your dooooor
We'll have a party on your birthday
Isn't that what friends are for
Happy birthday Father Christmas
Happy ever ever ever ever more

Light the candles on your birthday
And we'll all be there to shout, watch out!
For your whiskers Father Christmas
As you blow those candles out.
You got a present for your birthday
And we hope it rings a bell
Hah, Till your birthday
Its' a secret that will never ever, ever, ever, tell
What's the answer Father Christmas
What do you want to know
When's your birthday
My birthday
Yeah
I haven't had a birthday since I can't remember when
Can't remember
Used to have them every year or was it every ten
(Can't remember) (well)
Does it really matter, shall we make today the day
Hey what do you say kids
Yeah
Yeah
Great to have you here my friends
And great to hear you say
Happy birthday ( a happy birthday)
Father Christmas ( to Father Christmas - that's me)
And we're all right here for sure
Cause Why?
'Cause it's your birthday
Right
Father Christmas
We just decided
And we're waiting round your door
We're having a party
We're having a party
On your birthday
On my birthday
Isn't that what friends are fo-or
Happy birthday Father Christmas
Happy ever, ever, ever, ever more
Happy birthday Father Christmas
Happy ever, ever, ever, ever
ever, ever, ever, ever
ever, ever, ever, ever more
Happy birthday


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Happy Christmas From the Outback

Smokey Dawson

When you're living in the outback and December rolls around

You start getting sentimental about those Christmases in town

How you used to spend your holidays with friends and family

I can tell you blokes out here it just ain't like it used to be.

We're betting Christmas Day the temperature'll top forty in the shade

the bosses truck broke down in town and no one out here's getting paid

And it looks like meat pie gonna be our tucker Christmas day

cause a dingo took the roast beef and the rooster flew away

So

And drink a bucket full of beer

You may think that I'm complaining but it isn't what I mean

Cause I really love the outback  though it isn't very green

And I wouldn't dream of leaving here and moving far away

There's no place that I'd  rather be

Than here on Christmas Day

So

Happy Christmas from the outback

Merry Christmas from out here

Though we have our limitation

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Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

The Seekers

Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Let your heart be light
From now on,
our troubles will be out of sight

Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Make the Yule-tide gay,
From now on,
our troubles will be miles away.

Here we are as in olden days,
Happy golden days of yore.
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more.

Through the years
We all will be together,
If the Fates allow
Hang a shining star upon the highest bough.
And have yourself A merry little Christmas now.

 

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He's The Aussie Santa

Bucko & Champs

He drives a ute with a big V8

He's the Aussie Santa

He's  a everybody's mate

He's the Aussie Santa

He's the fat bloke in the akubra

With the bloodies and the dusty grin

And he rolls through town this Christmas

and the bush folks all love him

He's the Aussie Santa

Hey hey hey

He's the Aussie Santa

Ho Ho Ho

He's the Aussie Santa

Look at him go

He's the Aussie Santa

ba ba ba ba ba ba ba  ba ba ba ba ba ba ba

He caught barra in the Kimberley

He's the Aussie Santa

He's been a ringer up at VRD

He's the Aussie Santa

He's driven road trains right through the west

But he still loves his Christmas gig the best

He's not so big on the Ho Ho Ho

He says "On Ya Digger What Ya Know"

He's got the ute chock full of Christmas cheer

He hits the outback every year

He's got a load of pressies and it's his shout

He'll make sure the bush kids don't miss out

He's the Aussie Santa

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Jingle Bells

The Seekers

Dashing through the snow
In a one horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bob tails ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to laugh and sing
A sleighing song tonight

Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh

A day or two ago
I thought I'd take a ride
And soon Miss Fanny Bright
Was seated by my side
The horse was lean and lank
Misfortune seemed his lot
We got into a drifted bank
And then we got upset

Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh yeah

Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh

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Little Saint Nick

Ol' 55

Oooooooo
Merry Christmas Saint Nick
Christmas comes this time each year
Oooooooo oooooooo


Well, way up North where the air gets cold
There's a tale about Christmas that you've all been told
And a real famous cat all dressed up in red
And he spends the whole year workin' out on his sled.


It's the little Saint Nick
Oo little Saint Nick
It's the little Saint Nick
Oo little Saint Nick


Just a little bobsled, we call it Old Saint Nick
But she'll walk a tobogan with a four speed stick
She's candy apple red with a ski for a wheel
And when Santa hits the gas, man, just watch her peel.


It's the little Saint Nick
Oo little Saint Nick
It's the little Saint Nick
Oo little Saint Nick

run run reindeer

run run reindeer
Woooooo
run run reindeer

run run reindeer
You don’t miss no-one!

He's hauling through the snow at a frightenin' speed,
With a half a dozen deer with a-Rudy to lead,
He's gotta wear his goggles 'cause the snow really flies
And he's cruisin' every pad with a little surprise.


It's the little Saint Nick
Oo little Saint Nick
It's the little Saint Nick
Oo little Saint Nick



Ooooooo
Merry Christmas Saint Nick
Christmas comes this time each year
Ooooooo
Merry Christmas Saint Nick
Christmas comes this time each year
Aaaaaaaa
Merry Christmas Saint Nick
Christmas comes this time each year


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Jingle Jangle ( Bells Mix )

The Bee Gees

Jingle jangle , my love wears silvery bangles
She likes to wander and that's why I'm under
the spell of her jingle jangle

We used to cry on each others shoulder
Now that I'm older , she wanders ahead
Now that she's found love , I still hear the sound of
silvery bangles , remain in my head

Jingle jangle , my love wears silvery bangles
She used to wander and that's why I'm under
the spell of her jingle jangle

mmm..... (fade)

 

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Last Christmas

Human Nature/ Savage Garden

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, You gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, You gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special

Once bitten and twice shy
I keep my distance but you still catch my eye
Tell me baby do you recognise me?
Well it's been a year, it doesn't surprise me

(Happy Christmas!) I wrapped it up and sent it
With a note saying "I Love You" I meant it
Now I know what a fool I've been
But if you kissed me now I know you'd fool me again

Chorus

(Oooh. Oooh Baby)

A crowded room, friends with tired eyes
I'm hiding from you and your soul of ice
My God I thought you were someone to rely on
Me? I guess I was a shoulder to cry on
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man undercover but you tore me apart
Oooh Oooh
Now I've found a real love you'll never fool me again

Chorus

A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
(Gave you my heart)
A man undercover but you tore me apart
Next year
I'll give it to someone, I'll give it to someone special
special
someone
someone
I'll give it to someone, I'll give it to someone special
who'll give me something in return
I'll give it to someone
hold my heart and watch it burn
I'll give it to someone, I'll give it to someone special
I've got you here to stay
I can love you for a day
I thought you were someone special
gave you my heart
I'll give it to someone, I'll give it to someone
last Christmas I gave you my heart
you gave it away
I'll give it to someone, I'll give it to someone

 

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 Deck The Shed

Deck the shed with bits of wattle
fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

Whack some gum leaves in a bottle
fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

All the shops are open Sundays
fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

Buy your dad some socks and undies
fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

Deck the shed with bits of gum tree
fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

Hang some decos off the plum tree
fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

Plant some kisses on the missus
fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

Have a ripper Aussie Christmas
fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

Say g'day to friends and rellies
fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

Wave them off with bulging bellies
fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

Kids and babies, youngies oldies,
fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

May your fridge be full of coldies
fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

Chop the wood and stoke the barbie
ha-de-ya-de-ya-ha-ha-ha-ha

Ring the folks in Abu Dhabi
ha-de-ya-de-ya-ha-ha-ha-ha

Pop the stuffing in the turkey
ha-de-ya-de-ya-ha-ha-ha-ha

Little Mary's feeling 'urkey'
ha-de-ya-de-ya-ha-ha-ha-ha

Rally, rally round the table
fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

Fill your belly while you're able
fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

Joyce and Joanie, Dave and Darryl
fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

Sing an Aussie Christmas carol
fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

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