Rigabamboo

Heaven only knows how I recall these words, this tune.  Sheesh - even last week that Spouse o' Mine was opining that "you have the strangest memory for songs..."  This was after a flight from somewhere to somewhere, and the flight crew announced that our baggage would be found on  Carousel Nine.  So the two of us followed an amazing queue/maze of humanity (it took a COMPLETE HOUR!), and there it was...Carousel Nine, and there I announced...:

"Number Nine..Number Nine...Number Nine..."

I thought it was funny.  Funny to me, but not to him.  Maybe my Beatles memories are fonder than his.  Maybe my jetlag had not kicked in.  Or...maybe it had?  Yeah - I think it had.  I think I was numb.  Numb...er Nine!  Hahahaha!

Anyway, this Rigabamboo song from decades ago got dredged up when we, that Spouse o' Mne and I, toured the Brisbane Botanical Gardens.  In the rain.  But really, it was just fine. I love rain and no public more than I love sun and too many people.

So here, I show the bamboo which we in the U.S.A. will probably never enjoy in its greatness.  This stuff is HUGE in Queensland.

The princess pat, (the princess pat)

Lived in a tree, (lived in a tree)
She sailed across, (she sailed across)
The seven Seas, (the seven seas)
She sailed across, (she sailed across)
The channel two, (the channel two)
And she took with her, (and she took with her)
A rick-a-bamboo, (a rick-a-bamboo)
A rick-a-bamboo, (a rick-a-bamboo)

Now what is that? (now what is that?)
Its something made, (its something made)
By the princess pat, (by the princess pat)
Its red and gold, (its red and gold)
And purple too, (and purple too)
Thats why its called, (thats why its called)
A rick-a-bamboo, (a rick-a-bamboo)
A rick-a-bamboo, (a rick-a-bamboo)

Now Captain Jack, (now captain Jack)
Had a mighty fine crew (had a mighty fine crew)
He sailed across, (he sailed across)
The channel two, (the channel two)
But his ship sank, (but his ship sank)
And yours will too, (and yours will too)
If you dont take, (if you dont take)
A rick-a-bamboo (a rick-a-bamboo)
A rick-a-bamboo, (a rick-a-bamboo)

Now what is that? (now what is that?)
Its something made, (its something made)
By the princess pat, (by the princess pat)
Its red and gold, (its red and gold)
And purple too, (and purple too)
Thats why its called, (thats why its called)
A rick-a-bamboo, (a rick-a-bamboo)
A rick-a-bamboo, (a rick-a-bamboo)