Before The Dreamtime
by John Gleadall
7 to 11 yrs - unison (2m 45s)
Download contains: Piano-vocal score, lyric sheet, mp3 demo & backing tracks
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Theme – Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime story, Guthi-Guthi, didgeridoo
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Content – This song is based on an Aboriginal creation story from Ngiyaampaa country. A version told by ‘Aunty Beryl Carmichael’ can be found online. Aboriginal creation stories tell of the Dreamtime, which is the time before creation began, and of the ancestor spirit who created the land and everything on it. (The Wongutha are an Aboriginal tribe.)
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Lyrics sample
Before the Dreamtime
Way up on high,
Guthi-Guthi dream god
Lived in the sky.
He made the birthplace
Of dreams and then
He made the Dreamtime,
He dreamed of men.
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‘Before The Dreamtime’ features in the KS2 musical ‘The Button Box’
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