Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song The Camel Boy , by - John Williamson. Song from the album Chandelier Of Stars, in the genre КантриRelease date: 20.06.2013
Record label: Emusic
Song language: English
The Camel Boy |
| They called him Camel Boy |
| But 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 |