Children love joining in with the chorus of this song, playing a long with instruments, drums, or clapping, or it can be sung as a lullaby as well.
This song in Yorta Yorta, the language of one of the Torres Strait Islander tribes of Victoria. It cannot be translated word for word, however, research shows it a song about a goanna, the 'choo' is shooing the goanna away.
Lyrics:
Inanay gupu wanna
Inanay gupu wanna
Ay ay ay oola
Oola oola oola ay
Yippee yay yipee yay
Chorus:
Goo wana goo wana
Goo wana goo wana
Goo wah Choo!