Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Merry, merry king of the bush is he
Laugh kookaburra, laugh, kookaburra, gay your life must be
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Eating all the gum nuts he can see
Stop kookaburra, stop, kookaburra, leave some there for me
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Counting all the monkeys he can see
Stop kookaburra, stop, kookaburra, that’s not a monkey, that’s me!