Teach The Blacks A Lesson chords by Ted Egan

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Verse 1
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The Great Australian Divide was crossed
and the new settlers greedily moved
on to the vast grazing lands.
Attempts by Aboriginals
to resist this transgression
were treated as criminal acts
and the many brutal massacres
of Aboriginals
were usually officially sanctioned,
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sometimes officially organised.
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The Massacres
were euphemistically called
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Teaching the Blacks  a Lesson.
Teach the blacks a lesson was the message
as they saddled up their horses.
Teach the blacks a lesson was the cry
as they handed out the guns.
Are we not white, with a God -given right,
To take this land and bend it to our will?
Do we not have legal power to kill?
When McIntyre was speared
at Botany Bay,
Captain Phillips sent his men away.
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Bring me heads in bags, the governor said
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My personal huntsman McIntyre is dead
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No matter what that
hunting man had done
A most important point must be made
We'll show these creatures
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once and forever
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Authority is meant to be obeyed
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Teach the blacks a lesson was the message
As they saddled up their horses
Beats the max, a lesson was the cry
as they handed out the guns
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Are we to fight with a God -given right
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To take this land and bend it to our will
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Do we not have legal power to kill?
Sterling said,
I'm fed up with these new masks
Jagan and his people have to go
We have to demonstrate
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that we are powerful
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We'll show these blacks
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just what they need to know
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So they rode in righteous
splendour to Bindwara
English gentry out to have some split fat
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Quite a bit like hunting after foxes
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Just another battle bravely fought
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Teach the blacks a lesson
was the message
as they saddled up their horses
Teach the blacks a lesson was the cry
as they handed out their guns
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Are we not white with a God -given right
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To take this land and bend it to our will
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Do we not have legal power to kill
When the squatters wanted dirt
in Western Queensland
They said clear it free of
blacks and do it soon
So they sent the famous
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murderer Mr Urquhart
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With his native police to
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fight the Kalkadoon
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And  so it came about on Battle Mountain
The spear was pitted up against the gun
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Her cup was promoted to inspector
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While the Calcanoons
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lay bleaching in the sun
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Teach the blacks a lesson was the message
As they settled up their horses
Teach the blacks a lesson was the cry
As they handed out the guns
Are we not right?
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Were the guard given right?
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To take this land and bend it to our will
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Do we not have legal power to kill?
When Wiltshire shot the
blacks up on the daily
His masters were very, very keen
To know how many
innocents he murdered
And how good had his Martini Henry been
He said it's quite the perfect
type of weapon
Excellent for children on the run
So he wrote his book and
modestly took credit
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For the pioneering work
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he'd bravely done
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Teach the blacks a lesson
was the message
as they sailed up their horses
Teach the blacks a lesson was the cry
as they handed out the guns
Are we not white?
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Would a god give it right?
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To take this land and bend it to our will?
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Do we not have legal power to kill?
When old Fred Brooks was
murdered out at Coniston
It didn't take too long to hear the call
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Murray and his men rode out quickly
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Don't apprehend the murderer, kill them all
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So they signed up
all the local whites as specials
Men, women and children have to go
They shot the wild breed
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down on the lander
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And officialdom recorded with prose
Teach the blacks a lesson was the message
As they saddled up their horses
Teach the blacks a lesson was the cry
As they handed out the guns
Are we not white with a God -given right
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To take this land and bend it to our will?
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Do we not have legal power to kill?