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WARUMPINYA
©
Neil Murray & Sammy Butcher
from "Big Name No
Blankets" album (Festival) 1985
Performed by
Warumpi Band
www.warumpiband.com.au
One of the most admired and influential indigenous bands in the country after the success of the song Black Fella White Fella that was on the Midnight Oil album Dead Heart. From the album Big Name No Blankets comes the song featured on this compilation, Warumpinya (Good Home). Anyone that has had the pleasure of seeing this band play live will recognise this as their closing favorite. The band also includes Neil Murray who also has a solo track on this album.
"Warumpinya" (Papunya) - Warumpi Band
written by Neil Murray & Sammy Butcher
from the "Big Name No Blankets" album
(Festival) 1985.
Yuwa! Ngurra palya!
Nganampa ngurra watjalpayi kuya
Nganampa ngurra watjalpayi kuya
Nganampa ngurra tjanampa wiya!
Nganampa ngurra Warumpinya!
Yuwa! Ngurra palya!
(Luritja)
Yes! Good Home!
They always say our place is bad
They always say our home is not good
It's our place, not theirs!
It's our home, Papunya!
Yes! Good home!