Australian Accents Song - live video from Roll Up!

Recorded live on Monday and Tuesday this week (soundtrack and images from one, images only from the other) here's the Australian Accents song from Roll Up. Click and enjoy. There's also a version without subtitles here.

Tuesday was the last time the song was performed in full. On Wednesday I edited the backing track down so I could remove the three least funny stanzas, and it's now much tighter.

This is something of a first for the Socks, being a song whose music and lyrics are entirely my own, rather than being a parody of an existing tune.

Here are the lyrics of the full length original.

AUSTRALIANS ACCENTS SONG

Australians can do accents, but you can not do ours.    F. Dm. Bb. C

We’re panglottal cunning linguists

And it’s not within your powers

Like Russell Crowe when he was Noah, driving Noah’s ark    C# / C / C# / C

I don’t know what ancient Aramaic sounds like, but he knocked it out the park.  G / C

And what Russell Crowe was doing, when he played Robin Hood. C# / C / C# / C

I’m pretty sure his Nottingham accent… was good.  G / C

Australians do great accents, we’re the masters of the gen-ry. F. Dm. Bb. C

Liverpudlian to Birmingham lit-er-ally enry

Nicole Kidman (me) can do the patois of your choice.   C# / C / C# / C

And I don’t think I’ve ever heard Cate Blanchett do an Ozzy voice.  G / C

Yes Australians can get their tongues round anybody’s lingo C# / C / C# / C

Don’t talk to me about Meryl Streep – a baby ate my dingo.   G / C

Chris Hemsworth does posh English when he’s being Thor the God    F. Dm. Bb. C

Though he goes a bit more Ozzy when he’s being Thor the big fat slob.  F. Dm. Bb. C

Hugh Jackman does English voiceovers, like Flushed Away you might have found.C# /C

And Steve Irwin was in Stingray, or was that the other way round.  G / C

Guy Pearce from Memento can do accents back to front. C# / C / C# / C

And Mel Gibson, well he is just as versatile as the rest.  G / C

D - modify

Some of your attempts at Oz are cringeworthy to see.  G / Bm / C / D

Especially that bloke who did Crocodile Dundee – call that an accent.   G / Bm / C / D

What’s that you say? Paul Hogan’s accent genuine? Well fine. D# / D / D# / D

But it’s still not as authentic as mine – shut your face. C / D

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