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I always thought that the entire song was just an attempt by Harris to get as many penis/vagina/sex euphemisms past the censor of the day as possible ?
Now Wikipedia says the song REALLY is about animals !!
In the verse mentioned in the article, there is written "Bruce", but the version I have he sings Lou (or something along those lines). Anyone can verify the Bruce part? -- Svippong - Talk 14:11, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
The version I heard was Bruce too. I think this is worth mentioning, unfortunately it will be hard to confirm. Hayaku ( talk) 07:53, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
The article claims that Rolf re-recorded the song in 2005 for the Wiggles. My son has the video with Rolf and the song both on it, and the copyright date of the video is 2000. So the recording was done in 2000 instead of 2005, or he did multiple re-recordings, or the 2000 version was just lip-syncing an eariler recording. I couldn't find anything with a quick Google search... can anyone dig deeper and resolve this? Ideally, the 2005 date should be backed up with a reference. Kjnorth ( talk) 15:22, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
There are several recordings of this song with Rolf Harris and the Beatles recording together, should we include that in the article? Elfred ( talk) 07:01, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
We say the song is from 1963, but then claim that it was a hit in 1960 and 1961. That's surely not possible, right? john k ( talk) 17:46, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
Joel Whitburn (in "Top Pop Singles," 12th edition, published 2009), shows that the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart 08 Jun 1963, was on the Hot 100 chart for 11 weeks, and peaked at #3. Thus, for Americans (citizens of the United States) the song is from 1963. However, this doesn't mean that Harris didn't originally record it several years previously, or that it had not been a hit in other parts of the world before it was released in the United States. -- 12:00, 26 July 2019 2605:e000:cb07:6400:4881:20f3:c6d3:bc6
1. I have changed the lyrics to Lew, as can be heard here: http://www.mediafire.com/?nf291htli629c67, and as mentioned in the Wikipedia article on Rolf Harris. Please do not revert this change unless you have evidence (via a recording of the song) that the word is "Bruce".
2. I challenge, and have removed, the story about the poet Richard H Kendall, a poet who appears not to exist. An extensive web search revealed no such poet, other than the one who allegedly wrote a poem mentioning "Tymie". i.e this phantom poet probably originated on Wikipedia (urban myth? prank?) and has now propagated to thousands of websites courtesy of Wikipedia. That's why it is so important to challenge and remove such items -- unless they can be verified from a pre-internet source. There is a well known Australian poet called Henry Kendall, but he appears not have written any poems about kangaroos or "Tymie"
Again, please do not revert this change unless you can provide verification that Richard H Kendall existed and wrote a poem that Rolf Harris may have been inspired by.
Probable Inspiration What is the probably source of inspiration for Rolf's song? In 1905, Banjo Paterson edited a book of songs called "The Old Bush Songs" (see http://freeread.com.au/ebooks/e00070.txt) in which he states: "The object of the present publication is to gather together all the old bush songs that are worth remembering." One of the songs is called "The Dying Stockman" whose first verse is:
Compare this with Rolf's version:
I have altered the article to reflect the above information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guyburns ( talk • contribs) 04:39, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
The direction to let Aboriginal stockmen "go" is obviously NOT a reference to slavery - or servitude as the article on Mr Harris refers to it as. Unlike Americans, Australians do not assume any dark skinned people are slaves. Australia- unlike the USA - did not have slaves, and does not now have a fixation with slavery. 203.184.41.226 ( talk) 07:36, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
Can anyone answer way this entry starts by saying he is "disgraced"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SouthstanderRSM ( talk • contribs) 14:17, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
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The first paragraph states the song was re-recorded in the US, then in the 3rd paragraph this recording is stated to have taken place in the UK. Only one letter and an ocean difference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.140.192.146 ( talk) 03:08, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
Numbers 6 and 7 are totally useless as to showing the actual charts and dates. 2001:56A:FB29:D600:F808:7C88:F89A:B7EB ( talk) 18:09, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
Suggestions that Australia did not have slavery are false. People may not have been bought and sold, but they had their incomes withheld under Aboriginal"Protection" laws. And thus happened into the 1970s. 49.185.63.248 ( talk) 07:42, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
I added a section for other performances, citing a performance by Elvis Costello on Frasier, and on The Muppet Show. I gave appropriate cites for both. The entire section was removed. Why? It seems perfectly valid to me. Anyone mind If I put it back in? I. R. Finch ( talk) 03:12, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
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I always thought that the entire song was just an attempt by Harris to get as many penis/vagina/sex euphemisms past the censor of the day as possible ?
Now Wikipedia says the song REALLY is about animals !!
In the verse mentioned in the article, there is written "Bruce", but the version I have he sings Lou (or something along those lines). Anyone can verify the Bruce part? -- Svippong - Talk 14:11, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
The version I heard was Bruce too. I think this is worth mentioning, unfortunately it will be hard to confirm. Hayaku ( talk) 07:53, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
The article claims that Rolf re-recorded the song in 2005 for the Wiggles. My son has the video with Rolf and the song both on it, and the copyright date of the video is 2000. So the recording was done in 2000 instead of 2005, or he did multiple re-recordings, or the 2000 version was just lip-syncing an eariler recording. I couldn't find anything with a quick Google search... can anyone dig deeper and resolve this? Ideally, the 2005 date should be backed up with a reference. Kjnorth ( talk) 15:22, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
There are several recordings of this song with Rolf Harris and the Beatles recording together, should we include that in the article? Elfred ( talk) 07:01, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
We say the song is from 1963, but then claim that it was a hit in 1960 and 1961. That's surely not possible, right? john k ( talk) 17:46, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
Joel Whitburn (in "Top Pop Singles," 12th edition, published 2009), shows that the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart 08 Jun 1963, was on the Hot 100 chart for 11 weeks, and peaked at #3. Thus, for Americans (citizens of the United States) the song is from 1963. However, this doesn't mean that Harris didn't originally record it several years previously, or that it had not been a hit in other parts of the world before it was released in the United States. -- 12:00, 26 July 2019 2605:e000:cb07:6400:4881:20f3:c6d3:bc6
1. I have changed the lyrics to Lew, as can be heard here: http://www.mediafire.com/?nf291htli629c67, and as mentioned in the Wikipedia article on Rolf Harris. Please do not revert this change unless you have evidence (via a recording of the song) that the word is "Bruce".
2. I challenge, and have removed, the story about the poet Richard H Kendall, a poet who appears not to exist. An extensive web search revealed no such poet, other than the one who allegedly wrote a poem mentioning "Tymie". i.e this phantom poet probably originated on Wikipedia (urban myth? prank?) and has now propagated to thousands of websites courtesy of Wikipedia. That's why it is so important to challenge and remove such items -- unless they can be verified from a pre-internet source. There is a well known Australian poet called Henry Kendall, but he appears not have written any poems about kangaroos or "Tymie"
Again, please do not revert this change unless you can provide verification that Richard H Kendall existed and wrote a poem that Rolf Harris may have been inspired by.
Probable Inspiration What is the probably source of inspiration for Rolf's song? In 1905, Banjo Paterson edited a book of songs called "The Old Bush Songs" (see http://freeread.com.au/ebooks/e00070.txt) in which he states: "The object of the present publication is to gather together all the old bush songs that are worth remembering." One of the songs is called "The Dying Stockman" whose first verse is:
Compare this with Rolf's version:
I have altered the article to reflect the above information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guyburns ( talk • contribs) 04:39, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
The direction to let Aboriginal stockmen "go" is obviously NOT a reference to slavery - or servitude as the article on Mr Harris refers to it as. Unlike Americans, Australians do not assume any dark skinned people are slaves. Australia- unlike the USA - did not have slaves, and does not now have a fixation with slavery. 203.184.41.226 ( talk) 07:36, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
Can anyone answer way this entry starts by saying he is "disgraced"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SouthstanderRSM ( talk • contribs) 14:17, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
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The first paragraph states the song was re-recorded in the US, then in the 3rd paragraph this recording is stated to have taken place in the UK. Only one letter and an ocean difference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.140.192.146 ( talk) 03:08, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
Numbers 6 and 7 are totally useless as to showing the actual charts and dates. 2001:56A:FB29:D600:F808:7C88:F89A:B7EB ( talk) 18:09, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
Suggestions that Australia did not have slavery are false. People may not have been bought and sold, but they had their incomes withheld under Aboriginal"Protection" laws. And thus happened into the 1970s. 49.185.63.248 ( talk) 07:42, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
I added a section for other performances, citing a performance by Elvis Costello on Frasier, and on The Muppet Show. I gave appropriate cites for both. The entire section was removed. Why? It seems perfectly valid to me. Anyone mind If I put it back in? I. R. Finch ( talk) 03:12, 4 January 2024 (UTC)