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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Gurrumul
Gurrumul
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
M. Yunupingu
M. Yunupingu
Composer
S. Kellaway
S. Kellaway
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Michael Hohnen
Michael Hohnen
Producer
Craig Pilkington
Craig Pilkington
Recording Engineer
Matthew Cunliffe
Matthew Cunliffe
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

I heard my mother From the long distance Making me cry Yä ŋäṉḏ.i Mother dreaming Storm clouds building across the sky Wo.o, murryun wäŋa ŋupan The place was changing For the new season Yambaṯthun dhawalyu wirrpaŋuya Yä my mother, Baywara You are creator, yä ŋäṉḏi Ḻikandja ŋäṉḏi walala, Guṉdjuḻpurr Buliyaŋu Dhawu-Minydjalpi M.m Wiripunydja ḻikan ŋäṉḏi Guwarruku Baḻpaḻuna, Māmbila, m.m Wiripunydja ḻikan ŋäṉḏi Wandjuḏupa Gapu-wa ḻka ḻmirri, Nuŋguritjmarra, m.m Wiripunydja ḻikam, ŋäṉḏi Dhämayi Waŋarrthuḻa mala Birritjama M.m Yä my mother, Baywara You are creator, yä ŋäṉḏi Yä my mother, Baywara You are Creator, yä ŋäṉḏi I heard my mother From the long distance Making me cry yā ŋāṉḏi My Mother dreaming The storm clouds building across the sky W.o murryun wäŋa ŋupan The place was changing For the new season Yambaṯthun dhawalyu wirrpaŋuya Yä my mother, Baywara You are creator, yä ŋāṉḏi Ḻikandja ŋäṉḏi walala, Guṉdjuḻpurr Buliyaŋu Dhawu-Minydjalpi Wiripunydja ḻikan ŋäṉḏi Guwarruku Baḻpaḻuna, Māmbila m.m Wiripunydja ḻikan ŋäṉḏi Wandjuḏupa Gapu-wa ḻka ḻmirri, Nuŋguritjmarra M.m Wiripunydja ḻikan ŋäṉḏi Dhämayi Waŋarrthuḻa mala Birritjama M.m [English translation] I heard my mother From the long distance Making me cry Oh, mother My Mother dreaming Storm clouds building across the sky Wo.o, thunder travelliong across the country The place was changing For the new season Time for thunder and lightening, approaching wet-season Oh my mother, Ancestor Baywara You are the Creator, oh Mother Mother Ancestor, Guṉdjuḻpurr Buliyaŋu Dhawu-Minydjalpi M.m And Mother Ancestor, Guwarruku Baḻpaḻuna, Māmbila, m.m And Mother Ancestor Wandjuḏupa Gapu-wa ḻka ḻmirri, Nuŋguritjmarra, m.m Mother ancestor's other names Dhämayi Waŋarrthuḻa, the Birritjama nation M.m Oh my mother, Ancestor Baywara You are creator, oh mother Yä my mother, Baywara You are the Creator, oh Mother I heard my Mother From the long distance Making me cry oh Mother My Mother dreaming The storm clouds building across the sky W.o thunder travelliong across the country The place was changing For the new season Time for thunder and lightening, approaching wet-season Yä my mother, Baywara You are the Creator, oh Mother Mother Ancestor, Guṉdjuḻpurr Buliyaŋu Dhawu-Minydjalpi And Mother Ancestor, Guwarruku Baḻpaḻuna, Māmbila, m.m And Mother Ancestor Wandjuḏupa Gapu-wa ḻka ḻmirri, Nuŋguritjmarra M.m Mother ancestor's other names Dhämayi Waŋarrthuḻa, the Birritjama nation M.m
Writer(s): Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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