Speaking of songs for boys, Colin Meloy’s version of a traditional Northumbrian folk song is my current favourite…
Dance to your daddy, my little laddie
Dance to your daddy, my little lamb
You shall have a fish and you shall have a fin
You shall have a heron when the boat comes in
You shall have a lobster boiled in [...]
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You shall have a fish and you shall have a fin
One grey night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more
(Or on Puff the Magic Dragon and masculinity.)
One of my favourite sources for kids’ music is Cover Lay Down’s Kidfolk series. Not too long ago, one of Boyhowdy’s featured tracks was a version of “Puff the Magic Dragon” by Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary fame. “Puff” is a song that I remember fondly [...]
Peter, Paul and Mary "Puff the Magic Dragon" [3:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Peter and Bethany Yarrow "Puff the Magic Dragon" [4:01m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Broken Social Scene "Puff the Magic Dragon" [5:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadHe’s the hairy, hairy gent, who ran amok in Kent.
Reason #143 that I love Australia: public holidays for trivial reasons. There’s the Queen’s Birthday in June (which is not actually the current or any past Queen of England’s birthday), Family and Community Day in the ACT in September, Eight Hours Day in Tasmania in March, Picnic Day in the Northern Territories in August and yesterday’s Adelaide [...]
Now I see the bogans at the motor race.
This advert made me laugh out loud when I saw it in the local “newspaper” today:
It’s kind of an inside joke – Australians will definitely get it. For you non-Australians, let’s just say that if I were so inclined, I could quite easily produce a Mullets of Adelaide photoblog with daily updates. Without even venturing [...]
I live out yonder where the snakes and scorpions run
Boy Z and I need dates this weekend. For WOMADelaide. Dr. O’C is not a fan of ‘hippy shit’. (Nor, for that matter, am I. But I’m too old and Boy Z is too young for Big Day Out and I want to take some advantage of The Festival State’s offerings) And she reckons that [...]
Good morning, how are you?
I’ve been informed that Not Max is six months old today and that I need to write a post commemorating this because I did so for Boy Z. So, well done Not Max. Well done for keeping a smile on your face despite dealing with the negligent parenting that is the lot of the second child. [...]
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