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Family Picnic Samba

from Linn Lorkin's Kiwiana by Linn Lorkin

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Features the same cast of characters as the song Family at the Beach, Uncle Stan, Auntie Betty and all.

lyrics

1.
Uncle Stan knows of a good spot
Let’s all go together in the car
Back of beyond out in the wop-wops
it’s a beaut and isn’t very far
We’ll convoy round a mountainside
That’s full of dips and swerves
So turn the wheel hard over
There’s no railing on the curves
This rocky road has got no tar
And we may have to push the car
But turning round this corner, ah!
Look at the shimmery, shiny, sparkly sea
That’s waiting in its bowl for me

Chorus
We’ll have cheddar cheese and lettuce leaves
And Auntie Dorrie’s egg and bacon pie
And Auntie Betty butters bread
And Uncle Ken hands out the ham
And ripe tomatoes squirt you in your eye
And Mum has brought the thermos full of tea
I close my eyes and dream I’d like to be
The sand which is in sandwiches
While sand witches ride brooms above the sea
Doing the family picnic samba
Doing the family picnic samba
The picnic samba

2.
Uncle Stan knows of a good spot
Let’s all go together in the car
Back of beyond out in the wop-wops
it’s a beaut and isn’t very far
We’ll get there about noon-time
Have a swim before we eat
A nice pohutukawa tree
Will shield us from the heat
I walk inside the ocean’s spell
On sand that looks like caramel
Then running back to show my shell
Look at my funny friendly family
That’s waiting on the rug for me

Interlude: Some of the people in this song
Some of the people now are gone
But in the sweet bye and bye
We’ll all be together
In that great picnic in the sky

3.
Uncle Stan knows of a good spot
Let’s all go together in the car
Back of beyond out in the wop-wops
it’s a beaut and isn’t very far
We’ll drive our old jalopy
Through a velvet starry sky
And form a constellation
Known as stellis jalopi
We’ll cruise along the Milky Way
And toot at angels as they wave
It's like an endless Xmas Holiday
Look at the gala golden galaxies
That dance the samba just for me

Variations lines 8 & 9 of chorus:
#2. A tiny sea anemone
Very scared to see an enemy
#3. The wink inside the twinkle
Of a little star that twinkles just for me

credits

from Linn Lorkin's Kiwiana, released January 1, 2006
Guitar/fretless bass - Kelvin Hair Tenor sax - Ambrose Splescia
BVs - Anna Rugis, David Tillinghast Percussion - Frank Conway/Hershal Herscher

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Linn Lorkin New Zealand

Brought up on farm in Tokoroa NZ, Linn Lorkin got her show-business start in Europe in the 70s. She started off singing in a low dive in Copenhagen and went on to play the prestigious Ronnie Scott's in London. She played piano-bar in NYC in the 80s and there became a prolific songwriter. Back in NZ she became one of the most versatile performers around, singing, touring and writing for many bands ... more

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