Kookaburra (song)

The Kookaburra song (also known as Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree after the first line of text ) is the most popular children's song in Australia. The text alludes to a known species in Australia, the Kookaburra ( Jägerliest, also called " Kookaburra " ), which sounds through its peculiar reputation, as if he were laughing.

The Australian children learn this canon in kindergartens and primary schools.

Text and music were in the early 1930s by the Australian music teacher Marion Sinclair (* 1896, † 15 February 1988) composed. She released the song as a contribution to a competition of Victoria Girl Guides 1934. It was first listed in 1934 as part of a large Jamboree the Scouts near Melbourne, in the 20th century, the song became popular worldwide.

An Australian judge ruled on February 4, 2010 that the flute melody of the song Down Under the Australian band Men at Work had plagiarized Kookaburra Sits in from the Old Gum Tree, thus giving the Australian music publisher Larrikin, the copyright owner, right.