My Desert Home at Campfire in the Heart
This song circle will lead into Campfire in the Heart’s third annual The Singers Fire - where singers gather round the fire to share a song, or two, with fellow singers and songwriters.
Song Circle from 4 - 6pm
The Singers Fire from 6pm - with BBQ and salads provided, but feel free to bring a treat to share.
Song List
Ngura Watjilpa by Frank Yamma - a song in Pitjantjatjara about longing for home.
Ngura watjilpa, ngura wiruntai, nyinaraya, kulinyanai, wampa kuya.
Ngura wiruntai, ngura watjilpa, nyinaraya, kulinanaie, wampa kuya.
Go Down Deep by Laurence Cole - an uplifting three-part call to action.
You want to get up to the joy, you got to go down deep, so go down, go down, go down.
The illness seeks the medicine, so go-wo-down.
We can do this! We will rise!
One Day at a Time by Penny Stone
Parts 1 & 2: One day at a time x 4
Parts 3 & 4: Keep it simple x 4
Grasshopper Jumping - an original composition, dedicated to buffel busters, with body percussion and three layered countermelodies.
Low: Long grass, grasshopper jumping / long grass, grasshopper leaping / long grass, grasshopper flying / up to reach the sky
Middle: Lo-o-ong grass, grasshopper x 3 / up to reach the sky
High: When the world is closing in, it’s taken over / by a hungry thirsty weed that covers the earth’s skin / when you find it hard to breathe, you’re feeling smothered / leap up to reach the sky