Susanna Duffy and I've Been Everywhere, Man

Do you remember any of those fun songs from childhood? The ones that rhymed, or were just plain fun like this 1960's song "Don't Let The Rain Come Down" or better known as the Crooked Little Man.

"Uh-huh, oh no, don't let the rain come down
Uh-huh, oh no, don't let the rain come down
Uh-huh, oh no, don't let the rain come down
My roof's got a hole in it and I might drown
Oh yes, my roof's got a hole in it and I might drown

There was a crooked man and he had a crooked smile
Had a crooked sixpence and he walked a crooked mile
Had a crooked cat and he had a crooked mouse
They all lived together in a crooked little house."

These songs made us smile as we sang along with the nonsensical lyrics. Well, today I saw that Susanna Duffy had put up an article telling about a song called "I've been everywhere, man" that goes really quick, with names that most Americans have never heard. She made this lens after her brother was telling her all the places he had to go just to get around the recent floods in Australia.

Susanna put a video of the Australian, and the New Zealand versions of the song "I've been everywhere, man". I liked the record playing on the Australian one and used my imagination to visualize the places I couldn't pronounce. The New Zealand version had a slide show making it easy to visualize and personally I found the names easier to attempt to pronounce. But regardless of which version, this was fun!

Try to read the names and see if you can pronounce them, then listen to the video. Fun, Nonsensical song....and who doesn't need a little fun in their life! I still smile when I hear the song of the Crooked Little man and now I will think of this silly song from Susanna although I won't be able to sing it without a whole lot of practice!





Image Credit: Australia by Yolan10