
This song is available on Prue Whoo's Australian Tunes

This song is all about different colloquialisms and Australia certainly has many! Maybe your students can guess what ‘G’day’ means? What is a ‘mozzie’??? What do Australians mean by ‘cozzie’? Prue Whoo’s song Talking Like an Aussie! can give children a sense of what it might be like to live in another country and even though they speak English there, it still might be difficult to understand them because of their particular way of speaking. A fun way to explore Geography!
Australia is known as the land down under
I wonder how they speak, or what they like to eat
Australia is known as the land down under
And I wonder what it’s like down there!!
CHORUS
Its G’day mate, what’s for brekkie,
Billy’s boiled, you beaut
Bring ya cozzies, yeah no worries
I’ll come in me ute
G’day mate, watch for mozzies
Blokes out in the shed
You’re as mad as a meat axe
I don’t understand that
Or anything else that you said
1. Like hello to us – G’day, goodbye for us – Ooroo
When we talk about our kangas we just shorten it to roo
Mind my place it’s a pozzie, mosquito is a mozzie
By crikey Jones you’ve got it now you’re talking like an Aussie
A barbeque’s a barbie, a sausage is a snag
If you think you’re friends been silly you just tell her she’s a dag
Wear your bathers bring your cozzie, mosquito’s is a mozzie
By crikey Jones you’ve got it now you’re talking like an Aussie
CHORUS
2. The football here is ‘footy’, the toilet is a loo
We play cricket here in summer, have you been to Timbucktoo
Mind my place it’s a pozzie, mosquito’s is a mozzie
By crikey Jones you’ve got it now you’re talking like an Aussie
Don’t mention it now worries, it’s as easy as can be
A cuppa in the afternoon is known as arvo tea
Mind my place it’s a pozzie, mosquito’s is a mozzie
CHORUS
CHORUS
You’re as mad as a meat axe I don’t understand that
Or anything else, anything else, anything else that you said G’DAY!!!
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