Everyone loves a Sing Song

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As the 8th hour sitting, waiting for another bus that is unlikely to come, passes the ways in which to keep oneself occupied begin to wear thin. That's why after 104 days travel (my giddey aunt its flying by) and many, many delayed, slow and non-existant buses we felt the time was right to publish a brief portion of our musical repetoire - two of our favourites of the at least.

Please note that 8 hrs is a long time to fill and when you have to do it every few days eye spy can really lose its appeal.


The first, a popular childrens ditty (so I'm told), features a little green frog.

Mmm, went the little green frog one day
mmm, went the little green frog
mmm, went the little green frog one day
mmm mmmm mmm

But we know frogs go
'Clap' la la la la la
'Clap' la la la la la
'Clap' la la la la la
we know frogs go
'Clap' la la la la la
They don't go mm mm mm

Simple enough and annoyingly catching it would seem. We, however, felt in our infinite wisdom/boredom that regionality was what this song was missing. First verse is always repeated

India - well you would to

But we know frogs go
AAAAHH at the Indians
AAAAHH at the Indians
AAAAHH at the Indians
we know frogs go
AAAAHH at the Indians
They don't go mm mm mm

Nepal - the land of happy children

But we know frogs go
'Clap' Naa-maas-tae
'Clap' Naa-maas-tae
'Clap' Naa-maas-tae
we know frogs go
'Clap' Naa-maas-tae
They don't go mm mm mm

Hong Kong - eat, just eat all day

But we know frogs are
Pickeled by the Chinese
Pickeled by the Chinese
Pickeled by the Chinese
we know frogs are
Pickeled by the Chinese
and then turned into soup

Thailand - Easy going, easy Asia

But we know frogs are
Massaged by the Thais
Massaged by the Thais
Massaged by the Thais
we know frogs are
Massaged by the Thais
and they go mm mm mm

Laos - so laid back their sleeping

But we know frogs are
Made late by Laoatians
Late by Laoatians
Late by Laoatians
we know frogs are
Made late by Laoatians
they don't arrive on time

Obviously there will be more verses to follow.

Our second mind numbing tune comes from the election episode towards the end of season 7 of The West Wing - it was probably a song before this but we don't care. In fact it came to us as we were trying to remember the real words and had a desire to be a bit mean.

Real Words - seriously we have no idea

do do dooo
do do do doooo
Deep in the Heart of Texas

Some of our better attempts

Plants and Trees
There are none of these
Deep in the Heart of Texas

A two pound steak
Upon my plate
Deep in the Heart of Texas

To have some fun
they need their gun
Deep in the Heart of Texas

Their land they spoil
as they drill for oil
Deep in the Heart of Texas

Steers and Queers
Prejudicial fears
Deep in the Heart of Texas

(Yee Haa - for anyone whose seen Full metal Jacket - Personnaly i think this is a masterpiece)


..... please feel free to help out with extra suggestions or pehaps suggest another song we could butcher and add a slight hint of xenophobia to.

p.s. the bus eventually arrived, was full, didn't let us on and left - oh well that's Laos. There'll be another next week ... maybe

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Photos

Preparing for the New Year with our Aussie Friend
Notice the water pistols, essential protection in the new year 'water fight' - Luang Prabang

Japanese Glass Mosaic
Hidden in a building in the oldest Wat in Luang Prabang that was being used to store funeral chariots and old Buddha Statues - mmm dusty