Blue Gumtree Ball - Slim Dusty

Oh the kangaroos hop and the rabbits go mad

The white cockatoo, well, he’s real glad

'Cause they’re all goin' to the blue gumtree ball

They’re all dressed up in their bushland suits

With a big wallaroo in high heel boots

Headin' out to where the gumtrees stand tall

As the dingo howls beneath the moon

They’ll be swingin' soon to a bushland tune

When they all arrive at the old gumtree ball

The kookaburra laughs away the time

The emu’s feeling in his prime

As the curlew echoes out her final call

And the dance floor’s made of gidgee stone

The stage is a little overgrown

And a sand goanna plays the didgeridoo

There’s a wombat playin' lead guitar

And the bass is played by a pink galah

And the beat is kept by the tail of a kangaroo

(Let's go now!)

As they swing each other 'round the floor

To a fiddle tune and yell for more

As the bushland band plays another song

The stand so gracefully

Underneath the nighttime canopy

To the vocals of the pretty currawong

The koala’s danced around all night

With the bandicoot in the soft moonlight

To a jukesy tap where the gumtrees stand tall

And they’ll be back again someday

To render another bush refrain

When they meet again at the old gumtree ball

Oh, the dance floor’s made of gidgee stone

The stage is a little overgrown

And a sand goanna plays the didgeridoo

There’s a wombat playin' lead guitar

And the bass is played by a pink galah

And the beat is kept by the tail of a kangaroo

(You know what I said)

And there’s a wombat playin' lead guitar

And the bass is played by a pink galah

And the beat is kept by the tail of a kangaroo