Teacher drops 'gay' from Kookaburra song

A Melbourne school has dropped the word "gay" from the classic children's song Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree.

Principal Garry Martin of Le Page Primary School in Cheltenham said that, instead of "Gay your life must be", the children now sing "Fun your life must be".

"All I was doing, relatively innocently, was substituting one word because I knew if we sing 'Gay your life must be' the kids will roll around the floor in fits of laughter," Mr Martin told Fairfax Radio.