Rolf Harris
Rolf Harris (born 30 March 1930) is an Australian entertainer whose career encompassed work as a musician, singer-songwriter, composer, comedian, actor, painter and television personality.
Harris is widely known for his musical compositions "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport", which later became a Top 10 hit in Australia, the UK, and the United States, and "Jake the Peg". He often used unusual instruments in his performances: he plays the didgeridoo; is credited with the invention of the wobble board; and is associated with the Stylophone. During the 1960s and 1970s, Harris became a popular television personality in the UK, later presenting shows such as Rolf's Cartoon Club and Animal Hospital. In 2005, he painted an official portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. He lived in Bray, Berkshire, England, for more than six decades.
Harris's career as a popular entertainer was ended by his conviction and imprisonment for sexual offences. In 2014, at the age of 84, he was jailed on twelve counts of indecent assault that took place between 1968 and 1986, on four female victims then aged between eight and nineteen. As a result, he was stripped of many of the honours which he had been awarded during his career, including the OA and CBE. As of 2015, Harris is serving a prison sentence of 5 years and 9 months at HMP Stafford.
A Pub with No Beer
A Pub With No Beer is the title of a humorous country song made famous by country singers Slim Dusty (in Australia and the USA) and Bobbejaan Schoepen (in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Austria).
The song was adapted by Gordon Parsons from the original poem "A Pub Without Beer" by Dan Sheahan of Ingham, North Queensland (originally from Newmarket, Ireland) in the Day Dawn Hotel, now known as Lees Hotel, Ingham, Queensland. It's believed the song was 1st performed in public by Gordon Parsons in 1954 at the 50th birthday of George Thomas, a resident of Creek Ridge Road, Glossodia (near Windsor in Sydney). That version was performed with an extra verse that was dropped from Slim Dusty's recorded version because it contained elements of blue humour. In 1957, "A Pub With No Beer" became the first Australian single to go gold and was the biggest-selling record by an Australian at that time. It was the first single by an Australian artist to make the British charts (#03). In 1959, Dusty wrote and recorded a sequel "The Answer To A Pub With No Beer", explaining the reason for the beer delivery truck's failure to arrive and describing the townsmen's efforts to solve the problem. Another sequel, "The Sequel To A Pub With No Beer", shows that the town now has a guaranteed delivery, thanks to air freight.
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ALBUMS
- The Platinum Collection released: 2008
- Sing-along with Rolf Harris released: 2006
- The Best of Rolf Harris released: 2003
- 70 30 released: 2000
- Can You Tell What It Is Yet? released: 1997
- Rolf Harris released: 1980
- In Many Moods released: 1973
- Sun Arise released: 1963
- Didgereely-Doo All That released:
- King Rolf (Rockin' Rollin' Ramblin') released:
- Now and Then released:
- Party on With Rolf Harris released:
- Rolf Harris released:
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- Best of Rolf Harris released:
- The Definitive Rolf Harris released:
The Platinum Collection
Released 2008- Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport
- Two Little Boys
- I've Lost My Mummy
- The Court of King Caractacus
- Jake the Peg
- Pistol Packin' Mama
- Big Dog
- My Word You Do Look Queer
- Nick Teen and Al K. Hall
- Goodnight Irene
- John Henry
- Iko Iko
- Mud Mud
- Football Crazy
- English Country Garden
- If I Were a Rich Man
- Sylvie
- Tie Me Huntin' Dog Down, Jed
Sing-along with Rolf Harris
Released 2006- Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport
- Heigh-Ho, Whistle While You Work
- Sun Arise
- I Feel Good
- I Wanna Be Like You
- Jake the Peg
- Little April Showers
- Wild Thing
- Two Little Boys
- A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes/When You Wish Upon a Star
- Along the Road to Gundagai
- Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
- Pavlova
- Never Smile at a Crocodile
- Ugly Bug Ball
- Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf
- Six White Boomers
The Best of Rolf Harris
Released 2003- Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport
- Jake the Peg
- Football Crazy
- I've Lost My Mummy
- Nick Teen and Al K. Hall
- Iko Iko
- Sun Arise
- Carra Barra Wirra Canna
- Fijian Girl
- Mud Mud
- Three Blind Mice
- A Pub With No Beer
- Waltzing Matilda
- Wild Rover
- Maximillian Mouse
- Court of King Caractacus
- Big Dog
- Lay That Pistol Down
- English Country Garden
- That's What They Call the Didgeridoo
- If I Were a Rich Man
- Six White Boomers
- Stairway to Heaven
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Released 1980- Two Little Boys
- Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport
- Waltzing Matilda
- Iko Iko
- Football Crazy
- Carra Barra Wirra Canna
- War Canoe
- Court of King Carractacus
- My Word You Do Look Queer
- I Lost My Mummy
- Sydney Town
- Sun Arise
- Nick Teen and Al K. Hall
- Wild Colonial Boy
- Jake the Peg
- Maximillian Mouse
- Botany Bay
- Click Go the Shears
- The Wild Rover
- Someone's Pinched My Winkles
- Big Dog
- I'll Be Hanged (If They're Gonna Hang Me)
- Eddystone Light
- The Man With the Microphone
- English Country Garden
- I Know a Man
- Six White Boomers
Didgereely-Doo All That
- Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport
- Sun Arise
- I've Lost My Mummy
- Carra Barra Wirra Canna
- Nick Teen and Al K. Hall
- Maximillian Mouse
- Court of King Caractacus
- Six White Boomers
- Jake the Peg
- Big Dog
- Fijian Girl
- Hurry Home
- Two Little Boys
- Jindabyne
- She'll Be Right
- Come and See Me Land (Jimmy My Boy)
- Lazy Day
- Yarrabangee
- Northern Territorian
- Bargin' Down the Thames
- Pavlova
- Raining on the Rock
- Stairway to Heaven
King Rolf (Rockin' Rollin' Ramblin')
- Satisfaction
- Walk on the Wild Side
- Bridabella Morning
- The Indian Pacific
- Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
- Wild Thing
- Raining on the Rock
- I Feel Good
- Two Little Boys
- Letter to Narelle (With Tracy Case)
- Great Balls of Fire
- Sylvie
- Honky Tonk Woman
- Sonny (With Vanessa Corish)
- Roadhouse Blues
- John Henry
- Smoke on the Water
- Heigh Ho - Whistle While You Work
- Stairway to Heaven
- Bad Moon Rising
- Goodnight Irene
Now and Then
- Fine Day
- Jumbuck
- Down Under in the Outback
- I Know a Man
- If Only (The Click Song)
- My Brudda Sylvest
- Bluer Than Blue
- Scringe Scrange
- She'll Be Right
- Ag Peez Daddy
- Where'd You Get To
- Two Buffalos
- So Earlye in the Morning
- The Magic Pudding
- Fijian Girl
- Dedicated Follower of Fashion
- Seth Davey (Whiskey on a Sunday)
Party on With Rolf Harris
- Soon It's a Wonderful Day
- A Trip to Rome
- How Much Is That Doggie in the Window
- The Pub With No Beer
- Pistol Packin' Mama
- Have Some Madeira, My Dear
- Wild Rover
- The Overlander
- The Wild Colonial Boy
- Edwardian Melodrama
- Along the Road to Gundagai
- The Frozen Logger
- That's What They Call the Didgeridoo
- Cosher Bailey
- I Know a Man
- The Hippopotamus Song
- Sleep Little Traveller
- In the Wet
- Hair Oil on My Ears
- I've Been Everywhere
- I've Lost My Mummy
- Gosport Nancy
- Clock of Life
Bootleg 1
- Proper Cuppa Coffee
- Salvation Army Citadel
- Ye Le (feat. Roger Whittaker)
- Old Shep
- Ringo for President
- Have You Got a Light Boy
- The Union Mare and the Confederate Grey
- Here Come the Bees
- Have a Beer
- Doo Wah Didgeri
- Eefin' and Eyfin' Freak
- Papillon
- Three Little Birds
- Jimmy My Boy
- Two Little Boys (feat. Liam O'Maonlai)
Best of Rolf Harris
- Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport
- Sun Arise
- Johnny Day
- Bluer Than Blue
- Two Little Boys
- Jake the Peg
- Hurry Home
- Big Dog
- Six White Boomers
- Wild Colonial Boy
- Carra Barra Wirra Canna
- Court of King Caractacus
- Nick Teen and Al K. Hall
- The Wild Rover
- A Ram Sam Sam
- Pukka Chicken
- Figian Girl
- Turkey Strut
- If I Were a Rich Man
- Waltzing Matilda
The Definitive Rolf Harris
- Two Little Boys
- Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport
- Court of King Caractacus
- Iko Iko
- Waltzing Matilda
- Wild Colonial Boy
- Botany Bay
- Click Go the Shears
- The Wild Rover
- Big Dog
- Carra Barra Wirra Canna
- Sun Arise
- War Canoe
- Nick Teen and Al K. Hall
- Jake the Peg
- Six White Boomers
- Sonny
- Tie Me Hunting Dog Down, Jed
- Two Little Teardrops
- Sylvie
- If I Were a Rich Man
- Letter to Narelle
- Stairway to Heaven
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War Canoe
by: Rolf HarrisAll together
All together
Lean on the paddles
Lean on and lift out, silently
All together
All together
Lean on the paddles
Lean on and lift out, silently
War canoe can
Creep along can
Glide along when
When there may be
Enemy near
All together
All together
Lean on the paddles
Lean on and lift out, silently
All together
All together
Lean on the paddles
Lean on and lift out, rapidly
All together
Lean on the paddles
Lean on and lift out, rapidly
War canoe come
Flashing towards us
Crashing towards us
Now we see the
Enemy clear
All together
All together
Fight to kill the
Fight to kill the enemy
Come on and kill the enemy
Come on and kill ...
All together
All together
Lean on the paddles
Lean on and lift out, easily
All together
All together
Lean on the paddles
Lean on and lift out, silently
War canoe can
Splash along can
Sing the song
We know we kept the enemy clear
All together
All together
Lean on the paddles
And bring the war canoe safe home again
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All together
All together
Lean on the paddles
And bring the war canoe safe home again
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All together
All together
Lean on the paddles