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SOURCE:Australian Melodist No 20 Mitchell library 784.8/A New version by Bert Royle SITE SOURCE: SYDNEY FOLKLORE - SECTION 3: Sport TA RA RA BOOM DEE AYI've been reading people's viewsOf the high and lofty muse, As a remedy for blues, This sweet ditty I should choose. Some write songs to make you weep, Others send you off to sleep, To my chorus I shall keep, With its' hidden meaning deep. CHORUS. Ta-ra-ra boom-der-ay, Ta-ra-ra boom-der-ay, Ta-ra-ra boom der-ay, Ta-ra-ra boom-der-ay, Ta-ra-ra boom-der-ay, Ta-ra-ra boom-der-ay, Ta-ra-ra boom-der-ay, Ta-ra-ra boom-der-ay. Flirting is an awful vice, Very wrong, although it's nice; Listen, girls, to my advice, Don't indulge at any price. Though you know its wrong, no doubt, With young mashers you go out, Timely warning do not scout, Mind you only talk about, Ta-ra-ra, etc, You might think, to look at me, I've been out upon the spree, Making just a little free, Taking something more than tea. Shall I find my home again, Where it is I think in vain, Everything has left my brain, All I know is this refrain— Ta-ra-ra, etc. Russians seem to think it right, If their statesmen aren't polite, Just to satisfy their spite To blow them up with dynamite. I could mention just a few People here in Australia who Wouldn't be much loss, it's true, If a bomb should blow them to— Ta-ra-ra, etc. Sweet salvation bands abound, Still they promenade around, Everybody knows the sound When the drum they madly pound. Booth would bring a fresh supply, But I fear we all should die, When their voices rang on high, Yelling fit to rend the sky, Ta-ra-ra, etc, With the bat and with the oar, Young Australia's to the fore; Football, too, and games a score Prove they're sportsmen to the core. Jackson's fame you cannot quell, Slavin, too, a tale can tell, If he meets the great John L. Paddy's sure to give him—well Ta-ra-ra, etc. Once on sporting keenly bent, Down to Remington I went, Meaning to make cent. per cent., I backed horses with a gent. Ne'er so lucky have I been, But I felt immensely green, For I couldn't get a bean, This alone describes the scene—
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