This is funny, from the same site:
http://tww.id.au/c/christmas-form.html
or by following the indications:
Grown-ups only Only daddies and mummies, uncles and aunties or grown-up
children are allowed to look at this special Santa letter hidden on another
page. Are you old enough YES <http://tww.id.au/c/christmas-form.html>
NO <http://tww.id.au/c/index.html>
On Dec 22, 2007 9:59 PM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From Max in Melbourne -
>
> Last night at the house of friends, an evening of carols, some in Latin,
> and
> German, as well as English, I helped sing this (with giggles)
>
> An Australian Christmas Carol
>
> The Three Drovers
>
> Across the plains one Christmas night
> Three drovers riding blithe and gay,
> Looked up and saw a starry light
> More radiant than the Milky Way;
> And on their hearts such wonder fell,
> They sang with joy. 'Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel!'
> - * -
> The air was dry with summer heat,
> And smoke was on the yellow moon;
> But from the heavens, faint and sweet,
> Came floating down a wond'rous turn;
> And as they heard, they sang full well
> Those drovers three. 'Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel!'
> - * -
> The black swans flew across the sky,
> The wild dog called across the plain,
> The starry lustre blazed on high,
> Still echoed on the heavenly strain;
> And still they sang, 'Noel! Noel!'
> Those drovers three. 'Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel!'
> - * -
> Words by John Wheeler.
> Music by William G.James.
> (c) 1948 Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell Music Ltd., London W1Y 3FA.
>
> From
>
> http://tww.id.au/c/drove.html
>
> Which also lists
>
> Australian Carols & Poems:
>
> A Little Bush Fairy
> Six White Boomers
> The Three Drovers
> The Melbourne Carol
> Aussie Jingle Bells
> Bonzer Aussie Christmas
> Deck the sheds with bits of wattle
> Aussie 12 Days of Christmas
> The Traditional 12 days of Christmas
> Where the gum trees grow
> Carols by Candlelight
> The Australian National Anthem
> A Dry Christmas - To the tune of
> I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
> The Twelve days of Turkey
> Christmas in the Alice
> Santa Claus In The Bush
> A Bush Christmas
> Carol of the Birds
> The Silver Stars Are In The Sky
> Christmas Day
> Christmas In Australia
> Let us Barbeque
> Boomerang Of Flowers
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