Ging Gang Goolie: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m (Robot: Automated text replacement (-South Africa +South Africa)) |
m (Robot: Automated text replacement (-Second Boer War +Second Boer War)) |
||
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
== Origin == | == Origin == | ||
During the | During the Second Boer War, Baden Powell listened to songs in [[African languages]]. The [[nonsense]] lyrics of Ging Gang Goolie might have been inspired by these songs.<ref name="bbc"/> Baden-Powell is said to have written this song during the first World Scout Jamboree in 1920.<ref>{{cite web | ||
|url=http://www.macscouter.com/CubScouts/Songs/Songbk_1.rtf | |url=http://www.macscouter.com/CubScouts/Songs/Songbk_1.rtf | ||
|title=The Boy Scout Troop 92 Songbook | |title=The Boy Scout Troop 92 Songbook | ||