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