What is Kai Kai the buai?

Trevor
17/09/2015

Kai Kai the buai mean to chew betel nut (buai).  It is also a very humorous song attributed to the Woolworth's Bomber -  Larry Burton Danielson but that is another story.

 

The song "kai kai the buai" is sung to the tune of 'Waltzing Matilda' 'Banjo' (A.B.) Patterson, c. 1890

 

The following is borrowed from -- http://www.rogerclarke.com/WM/Kai.html

 

Kai kai the buai

<Warning> Since Danielson wrote and performed in the period which pre-dated Whitlamite colonial deconstruction, his material was apologetically politically incorrect (the term hadn't even been invented!) and was robustly racist. It may offend more sensitive souls. <You have been warned>

 

Once a jolly Chimbu, camped by a marshy swamp

Under the shade of a kokonas tree

Andy sat, Andy watched, Andy waited while his meri worked,

Who'll come and kai kai the buai with me?

 

Kai kai the buai, kai kai the buai!

Who'll come and kai kai the buai with me?

Andy sat, Andy watched, Andy waited while his meri worked,

Who'll come and kai kai the buai with me?

 

Down came a puk puk to was was in the marshy swamp

Up jumped the Chimbu and grabbed him with glee,

Andy sang as shoved the puk puk in his bilum bag,

You'll come and kai kai the buai with me!

 

Kai kai the buai, kai kai the buai!

Who'll come and kai kai the buai with me?

Andy sang as shoved the puk puk in his bilum bag,

You'll come and kai kai the buai with me!

 

Down came the kiap mounted on his wili wil,

Down came the didiman, wan, tu, tri,

Where's the jolly puk puk you've got in your bilum bag'?

You'll come and kai kai the buai with me!

 

Kai kai the buai, kai kai the buai!

Who'll come and kai kai the buai with me?

Where's the jolly puk puk you've got in your bilum bag?

You'll come and kai kai the buai with me!

 

Up jumped the chimbu and jumped into the marshy swamp

You'll never take me alive said he!

ghostly Andy's purri may be heard as you pass by the marshy swamp

Who'll come and kai kai the buai with me?

 

Kai kai the buai, kai kai the buai!

Who'll come and kai kai the buai with me?

ghostly Andy's purri may be heard as you pass by the marshy swamp

Who'll come and kai kai the buai with me? 

 

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Tags: betel nut, buai, Larry Danielson, roger clarke
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