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29 Aug 97 - 02:00 AM (#11461) Subject: LYR ADD: In the land of Patagarang From: Wolfgang IN THE LAND OF THE PATAGARANG by Gerry O'Beirne, 1986
In the land of Patagarang the murkies are dreaming In the land of Patagarang they don't know who we are In the land of Patagarang the murkies are dreaming In the land of Patagarang we'll sail into the bay I'm going with my peculiar To a place of infinite space With the mollies and punks and fluters Buzz gloaks and star glazers They'll turn you into a creature, if you're not strong A man with marsupial features, on the horizon For impersonating an Egyptian you go to the land Of the Patagarang Patagarang In the land of Patagarang the crow lies backwards In the land of Patagarang the stars are upside down
God botherers pray repentance Political and yobs Goodbye to indipendence Welcome to the mobs
They'll turn you into a creature, if you're not strong A man with marsupial features, on the horizon For impersonating an Egyptian you go to the land To the land of Patagarang Patagarang
In the land of Patagarang the murkies are dreaming In the land of Patagarang the stars are upside down
Sung by Patrick Street on "Irish Times" ------------- Background: This song was inspired by 'The Fatal Shore Robert Hughes' history of the settlement in Australia with English and Irish convicts. You may notice some slang of the period here, for which we thank again to Mr. Hughes. A Patagarang is an aboriginal word for a kangaroo, and 'impersonating an Egyptian or posing as a gypsy, was a crime in the eighteen century, for which, at the whim of some bewigged Justice, you could find yourself sailing in chain for the land of Patagarang. |