Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Merry merry king of the bush is he!
Laugh! Kookburra, laugh! Kookaburra!
How gay his life must be!
I’m the only one I ever knew who sang this in class. We always over sold the word “gay” with extra emphasis on the word and was never made to stop. I dread to think what would happen to us if we we’re students and did that now.