Yesterday Gerry sang "Ngarra Burra Ferra", but only the first verse and the chorus, twice. "Ngarra Burra ferra" is a Yorta Yorta adaptation, from Aboriginal Australia, of the African American spiritual “Turn Back Pharaoh’s Army,” which is in turn an adaptation of the two Jewish praise songs—one Moses’s, one Miriam’s—recorded in Exodus 15, following the Jews’ successful escape from slavery in Egypt - note borrowed from this site.

NGARRA BURRA FERRA (Yorta Yorta) Womriga Moses yinin walla Walla yupna yeipuch Nara Bura Fera yumena yalla [Chorus] Nara bura Fera yumena yalla yalla Nara bura Fera yumena yalla yalla Nara bura Fera yumena Bura Fera yumena Bura Fera yumena yalla yalla Nyundo peco Jesu Bora bocono yumena Nara bura Fera yumena yalla

DROWN OLD PHARAOH’s ARMY When Moses struck the waters The waters came together And drowned Old Pharoah's army, alleluiah [Chorus] Drowned Old Pharaoh’s army Alleluia Drowned Old Pharaoh’s army Alleluia Drowned Old Pharaoh’s army    Old Pharaoh’s army Old Pharaoh’s army Alleluia We’re going to sing/pray to Jesus To bring some valiant soldiers’ To drown Old Pharaoh’s army Alleluia

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Recording by The Sapphires

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