Charlie Drake - My Boomerang Won't Come Back

Charlie Drake - My Boomerang Won't Come Back - 1962 (UK version)

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5 жыл бұрын

The Unforgettables: The Best of 1962.
Peak at: #21, #14 (UK chart)
My Boomerang Won't Come Back (Diamond-Drake) by Charlie Drake, accompaniment directed by Johnny Spence
Nearly a minute shorter than the UK release version and with the original “black in the face” line changed to “blue in the face,” this U.S. single was the only American record hit for the veteran English comedian.

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@SpideyVids 3 ай бұрын

I remember hearing this as a child as it was on the radio all the time during the 1960s.

@carolynp6913 7 ай бұрын

My mom had this record and played it when I was a young boy . NICE MEMORIES OF YOUNGER DAYS.

@eviemcmanus8311 5 ай бұрын

My mum and dad had this record too we as kids loved it.

@janetdavies9612 3 жыл бұрын

Fond memories of gentler times .... 😉😊❤️ A lovely man & comedy actor ...😊💕

@Deepthought-42 Жыл бұрын

Not only gentler times but when TV shows were recorded . There were no domeestic video recorders to replay programs. School breaks the next day were spent regurgitating the jokes of the night before. Charlie Drake Show, The Goons and of course the misadventures of Barry Bucknall’s DIY (God bless him) As a result they were committed to memory far better than today’s instant access recordings. A thumbs up to You Tube for bringing them back for another generation.

@felomena2538 3 ай бұрын

Раньше актеры , развлекали ; теперь - они подались в политику и стали убийцами миллионов

@budmelman7134 2 жыл бұрын

I had forgotten all about this song! Happy memories when my sister and I would sit and listen to this.

@monaturcott9650 Жыл бұрын

One of my first little records and I still have but well worn . Thanks Charlie

@lindathomas5500 Жыл бұрын

Mine too, and I still have it also lol it’s in my lounge. 😀

@janicewright9952 Жыл бұрын

I worked at g J Coles fifteen years young .1956 and loved playing.this record and many more good old days

@emilymacdonald5342 4 жыл бұрын

Fun times rip Little Charlie

@suliwa670 3 жыл бұрын

I'm Malaysian and I went to primary school in Hughes, Canberra in 1977-79. My dad bought a Looney Tunes tape and this song was on it. For some reason this song was in my head and I looked it up on KZfaq. Everything is on KZfaq apparently...

@neboshman 2 жыл бұрын

Even I am lol

@voiceofexperience Жыл бұрын

God bless you, Charlie Drake!

@lamfrader8941 Жыл бұрын

I love this song because I'm a Aboriginal

@arjaysmithjr9083 6 ай бұрын

Are you related to Giorgio Fitzblack?

@Scottish_Tom 2 жыл бұрын

Daddy will be pleased

@rhiannonwest2465 Жыл бұрын

'Allo my darlings.

@traciepearce1888 2 жыл бұрын

Love this 😆

@robballantyne9915 2 жыл бұрын

If your bomerang won't come back, it's just a stick

@martythetickler Жыл бұрын

Oh, mah Gawd... I hit the Flying Doctor... LOL

@user-rj3re4uu5d 3 ай бұрын

I actually have a boomerang and they are quite a item

@raphaelkami745 2 жыл бұрын

Lyrics: In the bad, bad lands of Australia many years ago The Aborigine tribes were meeting Having a big pow wow We've got a lot of trouble, Chief On account of your son, Mac My boy Mac, what's wrong with him My boomerang won't come back Your boomerang won't come back My boomerang won't come back My boomerang won't come back I've waved the thing all over the place Practiced till I was black in the face I'm a big disgrace to the Aborigine race My boomerang won't back I can ride a kangaroo (yeah, yeah) Make kinkijou stew (yeah, yeah) But I'm a big disgrace To the Aborigine race My boomerang won't come back They banished him From the tribes then And sent him on his way He had a backless boomerang So here he could not stay This is nice, isn't it Getting banished at my time in life What a way to spend an evening Sitting on a rock in the Middle of the desert with Me boomerang in me hand For three long months he sat there Or maybe it was four Then an old, old man In a kangaroo skin came A-knocking at his door I'm the local witch doctor, son They call me George Alfred Black Now tell me, what's your trouble, boy My boomerang won't come back Your boomerang won't come back My boomerang won't come back My boomerang won't come back I've waved the thing all over the place Practiced till I was black in the face I'm a big disgrace to the Aborigine race My boomerang won't back Don't worry, boy I know the trick And to you, I'm gonna show it If you want your Boomerang to come back Well, first you've got to throw it Oh, yes, never thought of that Now then, slowly back and throw I can ride a kangaroo (yeah, yeah) Make kinkijou stew (yeah, yeah) But I'm a big disgrace To the Aborigine race My boomerang won't come back

@dantun8456 3 жыл бұрын

I can't believe they played this song in Adelaide Australia yesterday as part of the half time entertainment for an indigenous football game.

@Ishidanfarded2370 3 жыл бұрын

So What?? Boohoo mate, it's just a song

@JoshuaGibson92 3 жыл бұрын

It was clearly a mistake. Suddenly everyone cares about the SANFL. Central District has done a lot of indigenous people and we are in no way a racist club. It was simply an error in which the club has apologised for.

@rickdrewer6427 3 жыл бұрын

If it had been written by an Aboriginal comedian it would be a hit all over again. It's called humour, NOT racism. I know a number of Indigenous friends who love it. Perhaps they understand humour and you dont.

@JohnSmith-pe6wo 3 жыл бұрын

What are any of you people talking about what is wrong with the song

@marktaha2701 2 жыл бұрын

@@JoshuaGibson92 The whinging activist troublemakers should apologise for being a bloody nuisance!

@johnnymac8680 4 жыл бұрын

What do you call a boomerang that won't come back? A stick!

@NickSmith-ll3si 4 жыл бұрын

🤣😂🤣😂

@acegikm Жыл бұрын

🤣

@lamfrader8941 Жыл бұрын

🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬

@pharllslim4544 2 жыл бұрын

I've got this single somewhere

@l.salisbury1253 4 ай бұрын

I first heard this on "Loony Tunes"- a mid 70s K-Tel comp of novelty 45s...

@peterturley1331 3 жыл бұрын

💜😪💔

@MajorT0m 3 жыл бұрын

Ahh the traditional Australian accent.

@lisamichelle8413 3 жыл бұрын

English accent actually lol 😂

@Lindsay5137 2 жыл бұрын

@@lisamichelle8413 Come on!, Australians almost speak English.

@cliffordhatton4444 4 жыл бұрын

Listen....do you hear saner times? (despite the subject matter!)

@rocknrollbuff 3 жыл бұрын

It was changed for USA

@SM-dt1pr Жыл бұрын

Preferred his later stuff - Money's Too Tight to Mention, Holding Back the Years... that stuff.

@v00n2000 Жыл бұрын

LOL

@christopherculp8416 3 жыл бұрын

My 28 year old fiancé thinks I'm nuts..

@dustinwilliams116 3 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ntSqe9eeltDMfGg.html

@kevinmaylam1680 2 жыл бұрын

Coal digger design

@alanduncan9204 6 ай бұрын

North American tribes had similar throwing sticks, there is no real evidence they had made any that returned to the thrower. This might have come later when people understood aerodynamics better. The other thing that these tribes people had in common was they never invented the wheel.

@glennmorris371 Жыл бұрын

Charlie could sing a bit.

@rayrussell3187 Жыл бұрын

Yep better than Rolph Harris

@glennmorris371 Жыл бұрын

@@rayrussell3187 can you mention that Australian artist today. Lol

@jamesfrench7299 3 ай бұрын

Three legged Rolf.

@alanmelb Жыл бұрын

It’s not racist, just racially incorrect. The joke is on Charlie Drake and the British record industry of 1962.

@PIPEHEAD 7 ай бұрын

There are a few suggestions here that this record is racist. Another suggestion, which isn't here, is my theory that this song will have been written for a genuine Australian, Rolf Harris, who will have turned it down as a complete load of rubbish. Nothing racist about Rolf ! P.S. So much for that theory, Chas was co writer.............