WIYATHUL (G.Yunupingu) Two scrub fowl crying out, looking for Guwalilna the calls like woman crying, looking for Murrurnawu the cries returning his mind to the jungles at Mutlwutjna oh place Guwalilna, Warradika, Yumayna, m.m Oh the old man cries, from the drink oh dad Kamba-Djunadjuna, home Mayan-naraka bright in his mind oh my two mums, beloved mums, hold Ruypu Milinditj oh my two mums, beloved mums, cry for the sacred spring Burarrapu oh the place Guwalilna, Warradika, Yumayna, m.m https://lyricstranslate.com/en/wiyathul-wiyathul.html Youtube clip Most Darwin gardeners hate them, but the orange-footed scrubfowl is family to the Gamatj people. Scrubfowl cry The late Gurrumul Yunupingu was a Northern Territory treasure. --Stewie.
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