Jingle Bells - Aussie Version

The Australians have their version of Jingle Bells. It goes like this:

Dashing through the bush, in a rusty Holden Ute
Kicking up the dust, esky in the boot
Kelpie by my side, singing Christmas songs
It's summer time
and I am in my singlet, shorts and thongs.

Chorus

Oh jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
Christmas in Australia on scorching summer's day
Oh jingle bells, jingle bells, Christmas time is beaut
Oh what fun it is to ride in a rusty Holden Ute.

Engine's getting hot, we dodge the kangaroos
The swaggie climbs aboard, he is welcome too
All the family is there, sitting by the pool
Christmas day in the Aussie way, by the barbeque.

Chorus

Come the afternoon, grandpa has a doze
The kids and uncle Bruce are swimming in their clothes
The time comes round to go, we take a family snap
And pack the car and all shoot through, before the washing up.

Chorus

=TRANSLATION=

Holden Ute: An Australian pick-up truck. Holden is Australia's only car company (I think it is owned by GM). Ute is short for "Utility", the Ozzy term for a pickup truck. Pronounced "Yoot"
Esky: Cooler, usually full of cold beer.

Boot: Car trunk or pickup bed.

Kelpie: Sheep dog.

Singlet: Tank top

Thongs: flip-flop sandals.

Beaut: slang for "beautiful" meaning "perfect".

Swaggie: A hobo, transient, hitchhiker.

Snap: Photograph, family photo in this case.