Mumma warrunno, murra wathunno,
Mumma warrunno, murra wathunno,
Mumma warrunno, murra wathunno,
Mumma warrunno, murra wathunno.
(with closed lips) mm, mm, mm.
Mumma warrunno, murra wathunno,
Mumma warrunno, murra wathunno.
(English translation given in the sheet music)
Sleep as falls the dark, in your bed of bark,
None shall harm you, dear, mother watches near.
Sleep as falls the dark, in your bed of bark.
None shall harm you, dear, mother watches near.
(with closed lips) mm, mm, mm. Mother watches near.
Sleep as falls the dark, in your bed of bark,
None shall harm you, dear, mother watches near.
Discography:
1946, November 28, Clement Q. Williams (baritone) accompanied by Enid Conley (piano), Sydney, Columbia DO-2948 (10″78).
1956, Harold Blair, Melbourne, Score/Polytone POL-003 (7″-33).
1956, Olive and Eva (Aboriginal harmonists) with Gus Merzi Quartet, Sydney, Prestophone A 56-19 (10″-78).
1960, Country Women of Australia Massed Choir, Melbourne, Spotlight S.V.241 (7″-45).
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