Talk:Kookaburra (song)

message: The lyrics of the song are present in all versions of this article, however the song is still under copyright, and listing them here is a violation of that copyright. I have rewritten the article at Talk:Kookaburra (song)/Temp, please replace this article with the temp version after purging the edit history of the lyrics. --Canley 04:35, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Everyone knows the real version, anyway. :) Marnanel 18:37, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright problems 

message: Not just the US and UK, weirdly enough enough this song is taught in Singaporean schools too and I've heard it being played at Toys R Us in Singapore too! --116.197.245.103 (talk) 05:52, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Other countries

message: This content is getting removed: The tune is taken from the Welsh folk song "A Ei Di'r 'Deryn Du" or "Dacw ti yn eistedd, y 'deryn du" (English translation "There you are sitting, black bird."). The syllables and themes are almost identical in pattern to those in "Kookaburra".  ref http://www.artsconnection.org.uk/acdownloads/lyrics.pdf /ref ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:32, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortunately, I'm inclined to say I agree with the removal. The reference is a sheet of the lyrics to 38 Welsh nursery rhymes. There is no notation of the tune or music for the song, so there's no way to tell if "Kookaburra" was based on it. The other link is a MIDI file of the actual tune, however to say it is "almost identical" is original research. One problem is that neither reference dates "A Ei Di'r 'Deryn Du", so while it can be shown that the songs are similar, there is no reliable reference for which pre-dated which, or that Sinclair had heard or influenced by the Welsh folk song. Yes, it's a folk song so it probably is pretty old but there's no way to tell. So to sum up, unless a reliable reference can be found that states that Sinclair based her song on the Welsh one, or perhaps a musicologist testifying to their undeniable similarity, I think the text should be removed from the article. --Canley (talk) 05:41, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Song origins

message: A link from the 'Down Under (song)' page suggests a possible origin of this myth
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=90351
Taken at face value this appears to suggest that Sony/EMI were looking for prior art some time ago. I would be interested in hearing that such a thing exists especially as they seem to have drawn a blank. The Midi file linked to before is absolutely not the Kookaburra I grew up with.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.171.102.79 (talk) 11:28, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Welsh Myth

message: Both spellings are used in the article. I'm fairly sure the -i- spelling is the correct one, but not 100%. Koro Neil (talk) 23:39, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right, the company is called "Larrikin Music". --Canley (talk) 00:54, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Larrakin or Larrikin? 

message: So, is there a particular reason that it was felt necessary to list a verse of the lyrics of a Welsh song set to the same tune as "Kookaburra", but no actually any of the lyrics of the song in question?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.62.253.125 (talk) 14:54, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lyrics 

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