Showing posts with label Aussie songs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aussie songs. Show all posts

Tuesday, 3 January 2012

Aussie Jingle Bells



I'm sure you all know the popular Christmas carol called Jingle Bells. However, you also know that Christmas in Australia is different. So, watch this video, listen to this short Australian version of Jingle Bells and read the lyrics at the bottom of the image.
Do you understand the words? If not, remember you have an on-line dictionary link here on the right of the screen. Use it and translate the following lines from the song:

Dashing through the bush,
in a rusty Holden Ute,
Kicking up the dust,
esky in the boot,
Kelpie by my side,
singing Christmas songs,
It's Summer time
and I am in my singlet, shorts and thongs

Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way,
Christmas in Australia on a scorching summers day,
Hey! Jingle bells, jingle bells, Christmas time is beaut !,
Oh what fun it is to ride in a rusty Holden Ute.

If you want to listen to the full version, click on this link http://youtu.be/gnO6b7v0P1s
and if you want the complete lyrics, click on the link that follows http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/xmas/australianjinglebells.shtml

Christmas in Australia. Why is it different? Find the differences


Do you remember our last class session at school. We watched three videos about Christmas in Australia. Here is the first.

Watch the video, read the lyrics and listen carefully.
How is Christmas in Australia different from our Christmas here?
Find as many differences as you can.