Last updated: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
HARRIS APOLOGIES FOR RACISM
Australian entertainer ROLF HARRIS has apologised for his racist language in his 1960s hit song TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN SPORT.
Rolf Harris at the Opening night of the musical 'Dirty Dancing' at the Aldwych Theatre. London, England - 24.10.06
In a radio interview to be broadcast next Sunday (09DEC06), Harris admits he was wrong to label Australia's indigenous Aborigine as Abos.
The song, which became a worldwide hit and launched the entertainer to stardom, contains the verse 'Let me Abos go loose, Lew; They've no further use, Lew."
He says, "At the time I was 27 or something when I wrote that. But since 1960 I have never sung that verse."
Harris also adds that he has a "great respect and love" for Aborigines.
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Source: WENN
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