"The Ratbag Song" AKA "A Raving Ratbag" (Barry McKenzie, 1974)

Barrington Bradman Bing "Barry" or "Bazza" McKenzie's identical twin brother, the Reverend Kevin McKenzie, singing "The Ratbag Song" AKA "A Raving Ratbag", from the second Barry McKenzie movie: "Barry McKenzie Holds His Own" (1974).

Lyrics:

A ratbag is a sheila or a bloke

(Aussie Chorus of mates): ... Or a bloke

Who's kind of funny,
But like, who never sees the joke

Now take me mother's brother, Uncle Graham,
He's a raving bloody ratbag through and through
He collects old kettles, makes his own wine out of nettles,
And he reckons Adolf Hitler was a Jew
He's always seeing flying saucers landing,
Bringing ratbags to the Earth from Outer Space
And he's written in his will,
That when he dies we have to spill,
His ash on Melbourne Cup day underneath the race

(Aussie Chorus): ... Oh, yes, he is -

A ratbag, a raving ratbag,
He's a screwball, he's a nutcase, there's no doubt
And if you think you're ratbag free
Then just shake your family tree
See the great big raving ratbags falling out

If you eat your sweet and sour pork with chop-sticks
When you're at home with no one 'round to see
If you're a Filipino healer or think Shakespeare was a sheila
Or you tried to cure your warts with herbal tea
If you listen to the latest teenage Guru
Or you pin your faith on Scientology
If you grow organic food, go horse riding in the nude
There's the very faintest chance that you could be

(Chorus joins in): ... Could be a ratbag, a raving ratbag

A ratbag, a raving ratbag
You're a screwball, you're a nutcase, there's no doubt
And if you think you're ratbag free
Then just shake your family tree
See the great big raving ratbags falling out

You're a ratbag if you turn on your alarm clock

(Chorus: Tick, Tock!)

Though you know it never ever makes you wake

(Chorus: Ring, Ring!)

You're a ratbag if you rise with a burst of exercise,
Or count to forty every time you chew your steak
You're a ratbag if you live upon a commune,
Or you sail the seas alone upon a yacht

(Chorus): ... Ratbag!, ratbag!

Rain cold squatters, housewife potters, anonymous phoners,
Sperm bank donors, Pakistani waiters, poofter liberators
Mystics from Thailand
Everyone in Ireland!
In fact, looking around this hall,
I'll ascertain out of us all,
That there's just one bastard in here,
Who is not ...

(Chorus): ... Who's not

A ratbag, a raving ratbag
A screwball, a nutcase, there's no doubt
And if you think you're ratbag free
Then just shake your family tree
See the great big raving ratbags falling out

(Repeat, with Chorus):

A ratbag, a raving ratbag
You're a screwball, you're a nutcase, there's no doubt
And if you think you're ratbag free
Then just shake your family tree
See the great big raving ratbags
Raving, raving, ratbags
Raving, raving, ratbags
Falling out...

See also:

"Barry McKenzie Holds His Own" (1974)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071196/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_M...

Purchase the film on DVD:

http://www.umbrellaent.com.au/movies/...

https://shop.abc.net.au/products/barr...

Reviews:

http://film.thedigitalfix.com/content...

http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Reviews/...

Further reading:

Barry McKenzie Movies - Australian Screen Classics (Tony Moore)

http://shop.nfsa.gov.au/product_info....