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Lieutenant Dawes
05:11
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The day has finally come.
Thursday we begin our run
down to St Helens
and then out to sea.
My love I don’t want to leave
Invoke the kindest breeze,
leave like January leaves.
I hate the roll
of the salt ocean sea.
Darling I don’t want to leave
Can you hear me Patyegarang
hear me calling your name.
My head in the stars
and my heart in your hands
hear me Patyegarang
Loneliness is part of me
my life has been on the sea.
There’s no disguising
a fear in your eyes
in the way you look upon me
Your people are calling you back
Patye, don’t leave just yet.
The banks of the rivers
known only to song
and he who has lain among.
Hear me Patyegarang
hear me calling your name.
My head in the stars
and my heart in your hands
heal me Patyegarang
Hear me Patyegarang
hear me calling your name.
My head in the stars
and my heart in your hands
hear me Patyegarang
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2. |
Warra Warra
05:27
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3. |
Circle In The Sand
04:15
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You drew a circle in the sand
but what you didn’t understand
you got nothin’ in your hands
just a circle in the sand
sit and watch someone
wait for crumbs
from the back porch
must have been a sight
to see the light
of a thousand dreams
wide open
Drew a circle in the sand
and you made them understand
a ruler of the land
with a circle in the sand
to start something anew
up to you
what were you thinking?
and if we turned the clock back now
would this be how
we’d do it all again?
we’d do it all again.
a loss of liberty
opportunities
misunderstandings
where has gone your heart
it was the start
would you do it all again?
would you do it all again?
He drew a circle in the sand
what he didn’t understand
you got nothin’ in your hands
just a circle in the sand
just some writing in the sand
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4. |
Always Hungry
03:41
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I never said, never did nothin’ wrong
never said that I could’ve done better
and nothin’ goes too right for me
I find myself always hungry
Black was the ribbon they swear I stolen
it would’ve looked fine in my long black hair
it was my word on hers and you know who the jury heard
I find myself always hungry
On the Lady Penrhyn with a child on my breast
sailing the stars and the 40th parallel
I never been this far from home
And still I am always hungry
A tall Scottish Sir tells me he loves me
Rosanna is also to his pleasin’
he helps where he can but he can’t help that much
we find ourselves always hungry
Almost one year the fishin’ gone thin
blacks all around us is starvin’
I dream of my home, I feel so alone
It’s the curse of us all, always wanting
Rosanna and I always hungry
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5. |
Yoo-Lahng
04:46
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You are saltwater people you are strong
all the answers you need to survive you just look around
it’s there all along
I see a woman out fishing she’s got young ones by her knees
she’s got a fire in the bottom there cooking
something for them to eat
Tar-ra, Tullagalla
A new mother she’s just given birth, has her child beside her
she ties a piece of her own hair
on the little finger
After some time the tip drops off. It is a gift to the sea
When that daughters goes fishing for the first time
her first fish is a gift for that fee
Tar-ra, Tullagalla
When the boy’s getting older, steps on into the light
Cammeraigal man comes from the north
he does the law right
All the men have one front tooth, the other one’s gone
they’ve got scars on the bodies now
drawn before dawn
Yoo-Lahng, Wokamagully
The old line of the foreshore, it’s down there by the Quay
it winds it way under the concrete and feet
for those who want to see
And the stories are beautiful now, If you’re lucky to hear
Just find someone who is willing to share
someone to walk you round there
Tar-ra, Tullagalla
Yoo-Lahng, Wokamagully
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Summertime is coming
the trees are sweetly blooming
wild mountain thyme
grows around the blooming heather
will you go Patye, go?
and we’ll all go together
where the wild mountain thyme
grows around the blooming heather
I’ll build my love a bower
near yon pure crystal fountain
and on it I will pile
all the flowers from the mountains
will you go Patye, go?
and we’ll all go together
where the wild mountain thyme
grows around the blooming heather
If my true love she were gone
I would surely find another
I would sail across the ocean
till I found the blooming heather
will you go Patye, go?
and we’ll all go together
where the wild mountain thyme
grows around the blooming heather
A silence had descended
‘till White started whistling
“Marlbrooke gone to war”
and you all sang along
will you go Patye, go
and we’ll all go together
where the wild mountain thyme
grows around the blooming heather
will you go Patye, go?
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7. |
Ngiya Ngai
04:05
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Up on the water’s edge
Feel the tide slowly coming in
Red bloom she opens up
Show gawura where to swim
They’re coming up
Ngiya ngai
I’m on the water’s edge
My long heart slowly melting
I have the sun in my eyes
But I can clearly see
They’re coming up to Mel Mel
They’re coming up
Ngiya ngai
Ganu, shells that wash upon the shore
Ganu, shells that wash upon the shore
Ngiya ngai, Ngiya ngai
Look to the sand and stone
To where he sits alone watching
I’ll throw my hook and line in
You know just what I’m thinking
We’re full up
Ngiya ngai
We’re full up
Ngiya ngai
Ganu, shells that wash upon the shore
Ganu, shells that wash upon the shore
Ngiya ngai, Ngiya ngai
Ngiya ngai, Ngiya ngai
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8. |
Spear
03:24
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A cool head and a cool heart
you need those things to start with
walking a fine line to stay
in charge of all the madness
there’s a price to pay and all will
meet the maker in the end
to ask for mercy maybe beg
you’ll get what’s coming for you
A spear in the thigh
an eye for an eye
Arthur he did row
into Manly Cove
just three men, their weapons in the boats
left on the shoreline
Banelon he tried to tell you
you were here on trial
it was you who would be soon to feel
a spearing in the thigh
You can’t deny
an eye for an eye
You didn’t know that you could dodge
a spear it just won’t err Sir
till your safely back at camp and with a doctor
at your side Sir
If they wanted to they could
have killed you right there in cold blood Sir
At least you understood that
it was justice on their mind Sir
A spear in the thigh
an eye for an eye
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9. |
The Fire Is Out
06:17
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No lines in the sand
you know this place like, the back of your hand.
The men are proud, look out to the sea
looking for signs, signs, signs that only they see
Kameygal man, salt water lore
saw your arrival, there on the shore
Islands that float, masts like the trees maybe
sailors like possums, hung with white leaves.
Not so long, till you’d learnt to say please.
So hard to get up when your down on your knees
You are the ghost, you are the ghost that
I thought was going to leave
You should not have seen another day
but you been another day now you should leave
Shells of your middens crushed by hand
lime for the mortar mixed with stone and sand
you’re not invited, time is ignored
lives set aside, left outside, for another year
One man left, he begs on his own lonely moan
South Head road is now his home.
No people left, gone to Galgalla (smallpox)
people throw coins that land in the gutter
Gadigal man, his people were strong
Home in this place ‘till the whites came along
You are the ghost, you’re the ghost that
I thought was going to leave
You should not have seen another day
but you been another day now you should leave
Are songlines gone now? When the last man dies
who sings him up strong do spirits live on?
Does an eel still mean what it once meant to you?
will a mischievous women come out of the blue?
will she creep around evening, when the kids are in bed?
or are these dreams woken and now they are dead?
You are the ghost, you are the ghost
who I thought was going to leave
All hope is gone, the fire is out
Gwíüng boalá, the fire is out
You’re the ghost, you are the ghost that
I thought was going to leave
You are the ghost, you’re the ghost that
I thought was going to leave
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