The Bush Music Club: John & Dale Dengate Parody Competition, Illawarra Folk Festival, 2023

Wednesday 13 September 2023

John & Dale Dengate Parody Competition, Illawarra Folk Festival, 2023

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(Photos © Sandra Nixon)

The News Bureau Song by Cameron Ritchard, January 2023, to the sea shanty that Birdseye used for it's fish fingers advertisements

I'll sing you a song, a song of the news,
Red berries or blue ones,
And try to explain why it gives you the blues,
Red berries or blue ones.

When we were still apes, at home on the range,
Red berries or blue ones,
Had to learn what to eat and from what to refrain,
Red berries or blue ones.

Our parents they taught us the best that they could,
Red berries or blue ones,
Which berries were bad and which berries were good,
Red berries or blue ones.

Eat the right ones and your fam'ly will thrive,
Red berries or blue ones,
Eat the wrong ones and you may not survive,
Red berries or blue ones.

News bureau psychologists know this is true,
Red berries or blue ones,
And they know it's the best way to get through to you,
Red berries or blue ones.

So they tell us which pollies and which businessman,
Red berries or blue ones,
Has the best programme or sells the best plan for
Red berries or blue ones.

Which insurance is dodgy, which banks rip us off,
Red berries or blue ones,
And which slimming programme makes weight fall off,
Red berries or blue ones.

Which highways to use and which roads to ignore,
Red berries or blue ones,
So they show all the crashes and all of the gore,
Red berries or blue ones.

Bit it's mostly 'bout berries that should not be bit,
Red berries or blue ones,
So it's mostly bad news and it gives you the shits,
Red berries or blue ones.

But you'll tune in tomorrow to find out which ones,
Red berries or blue ones,
Should go in your mouths and then come out your bums,
Red berries or blue ones!