Uncle Dennis Sets The Scene

Steve Kilbey

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Transcription

[added Aug. 8, 2013]

[Uncle Dennis]
...New South Wales. Les and Joyce and Steven and Barbara are here.
And this track one opens with Steven John Kilbey saying his party piece
which is "I Love A Sunburnt Country." Over to Steven.

[Steven John Kilbey]
...I know but cannot share it
My love is otherwise
I love a sunburnt country
A land of sweeping plains
Of ragged mountain ranges
Of drought and flooded bain [sic]
I love her far horizons
I love her jeweled sea
Her beauty and her terror
The wide brown land for me

Do you know what a terror is? It's a landscape. Huh?

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Three Mice

Three little mice walked into town
Their coats were gray and their eyes were brown
Three little mice walked down the street
With woolwork slippers on their feet

Three little mice sat down to dine
On curranty bread and gooseberry wine
Three little mice ate on and on
Till every crumb of bread was gone

Three little mice sat down... Uhh-uhh-uhhh [realizing he had read the wrong line]

Three little mice, when the feast was done
Crept quietly home one by one
Three little mice went straight to bed
And dreamt of crumbly, curranty bread

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Liberty Lot

Out on a lonely hillside green
Liberty liberty lot
Lots of baby bunnies to feed
Liberty liberty lot
They hopped and skipped and jumped about
Liberty liberty lot
When all at once they heard a shout
Liberty liberty lot...

What are you laughing at?
[Uncle Dennis] I'm sorry mate

Up like a shot went ??? [2:24]
Liberty liberty lot

??? [2:31]

They scurried safely home at last
Liberty liberty lot
When a man and his dog went scampering past
Liberty liberty lot

[Uncle Dennis] Steve, that was lovely.

??? [2:52]

That's all I've got to say to meself, nanny.
I wish you a Happy New Year. Thanks for me presents last year.
??? ...wishing you ??? love. ??? [3:04]

[Les]
Hello mom and dad.
This is Les here recording Christmas wishes to you all.
Uh, this is about the fifth time I've had a go at it.
Twice I've been interrupted by Joyce and Barbara and Steve coming back again
and, uh, interrupting me...