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Dashing through the bush,
in a rusty Holden Ute (1),
kicking up the dust,
esky(2) in the boot,
Kelpie(3) by my side,
singing Christmas songs,
it’s summer time and I am inmy singlet(4), shorts and thongs(5).

Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
Christmas in Australia on a Scorching(6) summer’s day, hey!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, Christmastime is beaut,
Oh what fun it is to ride in a rusty Holden Ute.

Engine’s getting hot;
We dodge the Kangaroos,
the swaggie(7) climbs aboard,
he is welcome too.
All the family’s there,
sitting by the pool,
Christmas Day the Aussie way,by the barbecue.Oh!

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
Christmas in Australia on a scorching summer’s day, hey!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, Christmastime is beaut,
Oh what fun it is to ride in a rusty Holden Ute.


1) Holden Ute= Ástralskur Opel, aðal bíltegundin hér. Ute er pallbíll og annar hver maður bæði í borg og sveit á svoleiðis.
2) Esky = Kælibox
3) Kelpie = Ástralskur fjárhundur
4) Singlet = hlýrabolur
5) Thongs = sandalar (ekki nærbuxur)
6) Scorching = sjóðandi heitur
7) Swaggie = ekta ástralskur óbyggðamaður