| Исполнитель: | Paul Kelly (English) |
| Пользователь: | Noel Sadler |
| Длительность: | 130 секунд |
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Written by Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody |
From Little Things Big Things Grow
by Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody
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Gather round people I’ll tell you a story
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An eight year long story of power and pride
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Bout British Lord Vestey and Vincent Lingiarri
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They were opposite men on opposite sides
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Vestey was fat with money and muscle
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Beef was his business, broad was his door
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Vincent was lean and spoke very little
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He had no bank balance, hard dirt was his floor
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From little things big things grow
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Gurindji were working for nothing but rations
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Where once they had gathered the wealth of the land
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Daily the oppression got tighter and tighter
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Gurindji decided they must make a stand
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They picked up their swags and started off walking
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At Wattie Creek they sat themselves down
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Now it don’t sound like much but it sure got tongues talking
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Back at the homestead and then in the town
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From little things big things grow
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Vestey man said I’ll double your wages
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Eighteen quid a week you’ll have in your hand
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Vincent said uhuh we’re not talking about wages
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We’re sitting right here till we get our land
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Vestey man roared and Vestey man thundered
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You don’t stand the chance of a cinder in snow
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Vince said if we fall others are rising
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From little things big things grow
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Then Vincent Lingiarri boarded an aeroplane
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Landed in Sydney, big city of lights
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And daily he went round softly speaking his story
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To all kinds of men from all walks of life
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And Vincent sat down with big politicians
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This affair they told him is a matter of state
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Let us sort it out, your people are hungry
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Vincent said no thanks, we know how to wait
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From little things big things grow
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From little things big things grow
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Then Vincent Lingiarri returned in an aeroplane
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Back to his country once more to sit down
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And he told his people let the stars keep on turning
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We have friends in the south, in the cities and towns
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Eight years went by, eight long years of waiting
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Till one day a tall stranger appeared in the land
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And he came with lawyers and he came with great ceremony
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And through Vincent’s fingers poured a handful of sand
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From little things big things grow
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That was the story of Vincent Lingiarri
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But this is the story of something much more
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How power and privilege can not move a people
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Who know where they stand and stand in the law
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