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" B i r t h i n g a Baby" Sung to the tune o f Waltzing Matilda with apologies to AB (Banjo) Paterson Once a busy Midwife, cared for a labouring Mum Under the eye of Obstetricians three And she sat and she watched and she waited till the waters broke Who'll come a-birthing a baby with me? chorus: Birthing a baby Birthing a baby Who'll come a-birthing a baby with me? Cos we sit and we watch and we wait until the waters break Who'll come a-birthing a baby with me? In rushed the Doctor, yelling for an Amnihook Up jumped the Midwife, she grabbed him quickly. And he howled as she shoved that Doctor from the Labour Room You'll not come a-birthing a baby with me! chorus Birthing a baby Birthing a baby You;'ll not come a-birthing a baby with me And he howled as she shoved that Doctor from the Labour Room You'll not come a-birthing a baby with me" Back came the Doctor, into the Labour Room With him Med. Students, 1, 2, 3 And they chatted and they laughed while the Doctor did a Vee-ee-Ee Who'll come a-birthing a baby with me? Birthing a baby Birthing a baby Who'll come a-birthing a baby with me? And they chatted and they laughed, while the Doctor did a Vee-ce-Ee Who'll come a-birthing a baby with me?

Let's get her doing, he decided arbitrarily Give her a drip of Synto, 1.Veee Get the babe out quickly, then we'll go to tea-ee-ee For I ' m due a-golfing, at half past three. Birthing a baby Birthing a baby Who'll come a-birthing a baby with me? Get the babe out quickly then we'll go to tca-ee-ee For I ' m due a-golfing, at half past three. Up jumped the Midwife, provoked by their frivolity Out of this Room, and stay out! said She What she needs is some time, and she'll deliver naturally, The Doctor departed, the Mother looked relieved .....

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Birthing a baby Birthing a baby Who'll come a-birthing a baby with me? What she needs is some time, and she'll deliver naturally, The Doctor departed, the Mother looked relieved... Up came the head, she delivered normally We didn't need tech-nol-o-gy! "Cos we sat and we watched and we waited till the waters broke Who'll come a birthing a baby with me? Birthing a baby Birthing a baby Who'll come a-birthing a baby with me? Cos we sat and we watched and we waited till the waters broke Who'll come a-birthing a baby with me? Parody by: Presented at:

Helen Woodfall & Paul Ogilvie-Mitchell Without your support and enthusiasm the Australian College of Midwives would not now have a Journal. GoLLEG~-

Sian & Bruce Roggiero, Ursula & Martin Goreing qhe 6th Biennial Conference of the Aust. College of Midwives, Darwin NT. 9

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