Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport, Tie Me Kangaroo Down Poem by Joe Rosochacki

Watch me wallaby's feed mate.
Watch me wallaby's feed.
They're a dangerous breed mate.
So watch me wallaby's feed.
Altogether now!

Tie me kangaroo down sport,
tie me kangaroo down.
Tie me kangaroo down sport,
tie me kangaroo down.

This was not the impetus for song Rolf Harris wrote,
But it sounds appropriate.
One of those cute marsupials did attack a man and his dog,
The man fought off a kangaroo buy hitting it in throat,
A time which he and his dog will not forget.
Chris Rickard and his dog, Rocky, were out for walk this past Sunday Morn,

It happened in Arthur's Creek next to Melbourne.

When Rocky surprised a sleeping kangaroo,
-who awoke was scared and may have been forlorn.
The kangaroo was routed into a nearby creek,
For the kangaroo, it was in the nearby water, --security it would seek.
The kangaroo turned on its attacker with vengeance.
The kangaroo held the dog down underwater,
The dog writhed underwater in his submerged deadly dance.
Chris attempted to save his dog, but the kangaroo slashed him,
The kangaroo's hind leg caught his face and abdomen.
Then Chris, though injured, caught the kangaroo's throat with his elbow.
The kangaroo left the area to catch up on lost sleep,
- to somewhere else he would go.

It happened in Arthur's Creek next to Melbourne.

Arthur did not create the creek and the area we know now that is Melbourne,
Was created before Melbourne was.
It was Koala Bear and Kangaroo land;
- and Chris and Rocky were trespassing on it.

11-24-09