Brakar. » Men at work http://brakar.com Life. Simple. Sat, 10 Mar 2012 12:55:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 - The manliness of the song about beer and women has been brought into question http://brakar.com/2009/06/25/the-manliness-of-the-song-about-beer-and-women-has-been-brought-into-question/ http://brakar.com/2009/06/25/the-manliness-of-the-song-about-beer-and-women-has-been-brought-into-question/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:36:41 +0000 Brakar http://brakar.com/?p=44 Continue reading →]]> I don’t know how many times I sung “do you come from the land down under” when I was a teenager. It was one of those anthems that’s now a part of me. And now a part of me is being questioned.

Lawyers say ‘Down Under’ is a rip-off of the children’s classic ‘Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree’ which was written in 1934 by Melbourne music teacher, Marion Sinclair, for a Girl Guides competition.

Ok, now go read something else while I weap a pint of bitter, not-so-manly tears.

via 3 News > Entertainment > Story > Men at Work accused of plagiarism over ‘Down Under’ .

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