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lirik lagu ted egan - gurindji blues

[intro: woman & vincent lingiari]
in the 1960s, australia heard, for the first time, the expression ‘land rights’
as two quite different tribal groups sought official recognition
of their age old occupancy of their land
aboriginals from arnhem land took their case to the law courts
tried under the same british system which had legalised the original theft of the australian continent
the aboriginals understandably lost
the gurindji tribe on the other hand took their case to the people of australia
my name is vincent lingiari, camе from gurragil, wattie creek
[?]
that mean that i came down hеre to hush all this [?] ’bout the land right
what i got story from my old father or grandpa that land belong to me
belong to aboriginal man before the horse and the cattle come over on this land where i’m sitting now
that’s why i been keep it on my mind, i still got it on my mind
that’s all the word i can tell ya’

[verse 1: ted egan]
poor b~gg~r me, gurindji
me bin sit down this country
long time before lord vestey
all about land belongin’ to we
oh, poor b~gg~r me gurindji

[verse 2: ted egan]
poor b~gg~r blackfeller, gurindji
long time work no wages we
work for the good old lord vestey
little bit flour; sugar and tea
for the gurindji, from lord vestey
oh, poor b~gg~r me
[verse 3: ted egan]
poor b~gg~r me, gurindji
man called vincent lingiari
talk all about gurindji
‘daguragu place for we
home for we, gurindji

[verse 4: ted egan]
but poor b~gg~r blackfeller, gurindji
government boss him talk long we
“we’ll build you house with electricity
but at wave hill, for can’t you see
wattie creek belong to lord vestey”
oh, poor b~gg~r me

[verse 5: ted egan]
poor b~gg~r me, gurindji
up come mr frank hardy
abschol too and talk long we
givit hand long gurindji
buildim house and plantim tree
longa wattie creek for gurindji

[verse 6: ted egan]
but poor b~gg~r blackfeller gurindji
government lawyer him talk long we
“can’t givit land long blackfeller, see
only spoilim gurindji”
oh, poor b~gg~r me
[verse 7: ted egan]
poor b~gg~r me, gurindji
peter nixon talk long we:
“buy you own land, gurindji
buyim back from the lord vestey”
oh, poor b~gg~r me, gurindji

[verse 8: ted egan]
poor b~gg~r blackfeller gurindji
suppose we buyim back country
what you reckon proper fee?
might be flour; sugar and tea
from the gurindji to lord vestey?
oh, poor b~gg~r me

[outro: ted egan]
[?]
my country gurindji

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