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WE NEED TO TELL A STORY ABOUT THE BLACK COCKATOO
THE FIGHTING GUNDITJMARA AND THE KILLING OF THEIR CREW
THE STORIES OF THIS LAND STRETCH OUT BEYOND THE YEARS
BUT IN THE 1830’s, CAME MUCH BLOODSHED AND TEARS
THE COURAGE IT TAKES TO FACE A GUN AND HOLD A SPEAR
TO STAND UPON YOUR GROUND AND SHOW NO FEAR

GUNS VERSUS SPEARS...

WITH COURAGE IN THEIR HANDS WON’T BOW TO YOUR DEMANDS THE PEOPLE OF THESE LANDS THE BLOOD’S ON OUR HANDS

FOR (MORE THAN) TWENTY-LONG YEARS THEY FOUGHT THE EUMERALLA WARS
THE MASSACRES, THE KILLINGS, THIS CANNOT BE IGNORED
THE SETTLERS AND THEIR CATTLE, LAID CLAIM TO ALL THE WATER
BUT WHEN FIGHTING GUNS VERSUS SPEARS, IT BECAME A BLOODY SLAUGHTER
THE LOCALS KNEW THE LAND WELL AND TOOK THE SETTLERS’ STOCK
AT MT ECCLES THEY HELD ‘EM CAPTIVE, THE FARMERS PRECIOUS FLOCK

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NO RECORDS WOULD BE KEPT, THEIR KILLINGS WOULD BE CHEAP
THE INVASION BROUGHT A 100 MEN AND 30,000 SHEEP
SOME CLEARED ALL THIS SACRED LAND
AND POISONED WITH A TRICK
THIS COUNTRY HAS A HISTORY, AND IT MAKES ME MIGHTY SICK
YOU SEE NOW, ONE SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE
FOR A CRIME THAT THEY COMMIT
POLITICAL SPIN AND RHETORIC, GENOCIDAL HYPOCRITES
FOR EVERY SINGLE WHITE MAN’S DEATH
PEOPLE OF THIS LAND WERE KILLED
THERE’S NO FAIRNESS AND NO JUSTICE
FOR THE BLOOD THAT WAS SPILLED

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from Blood & Bones & Fins & Glory, released September 5, 2016
(Lyrics: Lockett, Franklin, Gane, Music: Lockett, Franklin, Dyson)

Gus Franklin: Lead & Backing Vocals, Guitars, Synths, Drums.
Lee Morgan: Electric Guitar & Solo.
James Dyson: Ebow Guitar Songlines.
Joel Coxall: Bass Guitar.
Katie Gane: Backing Vocals.

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The Southern Ocean Sea Band Port Fairy, Australia

The Southern Ocean Sea Band are a 10-piece band singing historical songs & shanties about their hometown.

Borne directly from the late Danny Spooner’s ‘Shanties at the River,’ sessions, they made their Port Fairy Folk Festival debut to launch their album, 'Blood & Bones & Fins & Glory,' in 2017, and have since toured the regions, spreading their historical songs & shanty love far and wide.
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