Hey Love from Milyakburra by Emily Wurramara
‘Hey love’ is based on a true story that happened to my Mum. I wrote this song because it’s important for the truth to be told and his is apart of my history and it’s important to acknowledge that and understand as to why these things happen.
Tracklist
| 7. | Hey Love | 3:36 |
Lyrics
She was a young girl from a mission town
Spoke a language that was hard to learn and she
Didn’t know much about the world of the western society
Her mum was the skin of the blanket of the night the stars were inside her so she can, follow the light back home to where she belongs
Hey love I know how it feels to be so far away from the life you’ve come to live
Hey love I know you want to cry but the winds will guide you back to mother to mother to mother
Oh why? Oh why? Oh why? To mother to mother
She was in the toilets one after noon these girls walked in older by a few years
They told her things that weren’t true because of her mother they hated her too
They pushed her around and spat on her face they laughed and mocked her
She knew it had to stop
Back to back with two of her friends she fought the sadness right through til the end
They were laying on the bathroom floor the words they said never left a scar
Credits
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Emily Wurramara is a young Aboriginal woman who has been writing songs since she was 6, singing in both English and Annandilyakwa, the traditional language of her home, Groote Eylandt. She is a prolific song-writer and multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, piano and ukulele.