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They called him Camel Boy |
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But he was a man |
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He walked behind us ...with a billy |
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He tended the campfire ... and he made the tea |
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Drowned in the colours ... we didn't see |
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And the ghost gums stand ... gleaming white |
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Showed him a paint brush ... he showed us the light |
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I apologise ... for the condescension |
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Paid no attention to the pain of the Camel Boy |
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It's Namatjira ... he became the one |
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We remember ... all alone |
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Under a huge sky ... with a gentle hand |
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Painted the pictures ... of an ancient land |
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What fools we were ... what did we mean |
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Dressed in white ... to meet the queen |
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Take down her picture ... hang up a ghost gum |
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Put up a landscape... by the Camel Boy |
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'Cause her majesty... was in his eye |
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The 'sleeping lubra', the Aranda sky |
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I apologise...for the condescension |
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Paid no attention to the pain of the Camel Boy |
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And the ghost gums stand ... gleaming white |
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Showed him a paint brush ... he showed us the light |
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Drowned in the colours ... we didn't see |
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What a man was he ... Albert the Camel Boy |
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Albert the Camel Boy |
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Namatjira the Camel Boy |
