Boomer
Joey, Bindii & Baby Jack
Dama Wallaby
One of Australia's best known animal Icon's ... We Love 'Em !!
This is "Boomer" December 2004 (10 mths)
This is "Jack" July 2006 (4 months)
A close-up of Jack
We have a total of four Wallaby's at our property here in Breaux Bridge. They are very interesting and inquisitive little critters. I still remember these running wild like Deer back home in Australia. As far as for pets, if you have the land, they make for great pets, they do require lots of space and protection from the elements and dogs. A small Wallaby requires at least a 50' square area to run and play in, and need protection from stray dogs, which may chase and kill your Wallaby. Boomer is an Australian Bennett's Wallaby and will grow to a standing height of about 3' tall which is almost twice the size of the Dama Wallaby who reaches a standing height of only about 18". The Dama is one of Australia's smallest Wallabies, and one of the most skittish. The Wallaby is a prey item for many creatures in the wild from the air and from land.
Tie Me Kangaroo Down
The first verse is almost spoken or narrated
There's
an old Australian stockman - lying, dying...
And he gets himself up onto one elbow
And turns to his mates who are all gathered around
And he says....
I'm going, Blue; this you gotta do,
I'm not gonna pull through, Blue, so this you gotta do . . .
Chorus:
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down.
Tie me kangaroo down, sport
Tie me kangaroo down.
Watch me wallabies feed, mate
Watch me wallabies feed.
They're a dangerous breed, mate
So, watch me wallabies feed.
(chorus)
Let me wombats go loose, Bruce,
Let me wombats go loose.
They're of no further use, Bruce,
So let me wombats go lose.
(chorus)
Keep me cockatoo cool, curl
Keep me cockatoo cool.
Don't go actin' the fool, curl
Just keep me cockatoo cool.
(chorus)
Take me koala back, Jack
Take me koala back.
He lives somewhere out on the track, Mack
So, take me koala back.
(chorus)
Mind me platypus duck, Bill
Mind me platypus duck.
Don't let him go running amuck, Bill
Just, mind me platypus duck.
(chorus)
Play your didgeridoo, Blue
Play your didgeridoo.
(Dying) Like, keep playing it 'til I shoot through, Blue
Play your didgeridoo.
(chorus)
Tan me hide when I'm dead, Fred
Tan me hide when I'm dead.
So, we tanned his hide, when he died, Clyde
And that's it hangin' on the shed.
(chorus)