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Thank you.
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John Butler has
entered the building.
We all lost you there for a minute,
didn't we?
Yes, isn't that funny?
Follow the gazes.
That's John.
In the middle of the song,
we're just looking out
tour.
We were checking at the airport
the other day
and I was talking to the guy
and he was, you know, yes ma 'am,
please put your bags on
and you're a bit overweight.
I mean, the baggage was.
No, and he put the bags through
and then he suddenly went...
And he went to the woman
next to him.
It's John Butler.
And I watched him
and he just sort of forgot about me.
like I'm done
There's your boarding pass miss
and and he just sat there
and he was visibly shaking his boots
and John came
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It's the next in line. He goes
Can I help you sir?
We'd like to invite John on stage
to play a song for us
this is sung by Paul Kelly
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and Kev Carmody
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Gather round people,
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An eight year long story of power and pride
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British Lord Vestey and
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were op posite men,
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on opposite sides
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full of money and muscle
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Beef was his business,
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broad was his door
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Vincent was lame, he spoke very little
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He had no bank balance,
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hard dirt was his floor
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From little things, big things grow
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From little things,
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big things grow
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Gorinji were working for
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noth ing but rations
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the wealth of the land
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And daily the pressures got
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Garinger decided they must take a stand
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They got their swags and they
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star ted off walking
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And at Waddy Creek they
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Now it don't sound like much
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but they sure got tons talking
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Back at the homestead and
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From little things, big things grow
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Vestiman said,
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look I'll double your wages
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Seven quid a week,
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you'll have in your hand
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Vincent said, nah -uh,
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We're sitting right here
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till we get our land
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Vestiman rode and the Ves
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You don't stand a chance
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And then said if we fall,
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So Vincent Langari,
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he boarded an airplane,
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he landed in Sydney, a big city of lights.
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And daily he went round
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To all types of men,
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from all walks of life
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They said, look mate, this affair,
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Let us sort it out
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while your people go hungry
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Vincent said, nuh -uh,
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From little things,
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big things grow
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he returned in an airplane
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Back to his country,
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once more to sit down
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He told his people,
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We got friends in the south,
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in the cities and towns
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Eight years went by,
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eight long years of waitin'
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appeared in the land
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His name was Whitlam,
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and he came to great ceremony
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Through Vincent's fingers,
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throwing a handful of sand
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But this is a story of Vincent Langari
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But this is a story of something much more
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Our power and privilege can
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Who know where they stand
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And stand in their love
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From little things, big things grow
From little things, big things grow.
From little things, big things grow.
From little things, big things grow.
John Butler. Thank
you everyone.
That's called a live fade out.
Thank you.
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