This is the tale of a new chum, Jack

Who'd just come in from the Great Outback!

I asked an old dark man how the boomerang came to be

And he told me as only a dark fella can

That they made it from a boomerang tree

A boomerang, a boomerang, a boomerang tree

I searched and searched but I never did see

That's how the boomerang came to be

They made it from a boomerang tree

I asked an old dark man where the kangaroo got its tail

And he told me as only a dark fella can

They shipped them in on the Birdsville mail

Shipped them in on the Birdsville mail