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Hills And Valleys

from The Dusty Dream Hole by Bannerman

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The hills and valleys are dry but it’s just that time
In a couple of weeks we’ll be planting
In summer the colours are tired but the kids still smile
There’ll be food enough for the family.

Remember when Grandmother cried, she was ‘nigh thirty five
She had just buried the first of her children
And the land opened wide as it took that child
Lying deep beside generations.

Prepare the meal good woman, help her
Come set the table my brothers, line up
When the work’s done, and the day’s gone
Come on inside my family, sit down
Come on beside the fire, gather round
When the work’s done, and the day’s gone
We’ve got each other.

They came with motor and iron, it had just gone nine
We’d had plenty of warning, they told us
And old Bill Major’s son was the first in line
He’d been promised wages ‘till August.

Our father aimed and he fired as we watched from behind
And we wept as the gun sounded empty
The tractor tore at his side and it ran down his pride
And we watched as the bank left us homeless.

Prepare the meal good woman, help her
Come set the table my brothers, line up
When the work’s done, and the day’s gone
Come on inside my family, sit down
Come on beside the fire, gather round
When the work’s done, and the day’s gone
We’ve got each other, no matter where we are.

Nobody comes ‘round here no more
‘Cause no one’s living here no more
The government has killed the soil
No one comes ‘round here no more

Nobody comes ‘round here no more
‘Cause no one’s living here no more
The government needs gold and oil
No one comes ‘round here no more.

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from The Dusty Dream Hole, released August 16, 2010

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Bannerman Berlin, Germany

Bannerman was the first solo project of Richie Setford and featured musicians from New Zealand and Berlin including Alaister Deverick, Oliver Emmitt, Cass Basil, Flip Grater, Cole Goodley, Finn and Tam Scholes, Siobhanne Thompson, Hollie Fullbrook, Ben Anderson, Erez Frank and Magnus Bang-Olsen.

In 2012 Angela Keoghan's 'Dearly Departed' artwork won the NZ Music Award for best cover art. ... more

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