Appendix 1 Buln Buln Ngarrga Listen for many voices fast ngang-gak ngulu-bulok (listen voice-many) Hear many voices ngagu ngulu-bulok (hear Sing many voices yinga ngulu-bulok (sing voice-many) Mimic many voices very slow dhumba-dji (say-you voice-many) dhumba-dji Sing loud fast garimnin yinga-dji! Sing strong balit yinga-dji (yell sing-you) garimnin yinga-dji! balit yinga-dji Buln Buln the storyteller very slow buln buln ngul-u digging buln buln ngul-u (Buln Buln voice-his) 3 beats between digging, so get footing Listen to the spirit bird fast ngang-gak-dji murrup guyup guyup right ngang-gak-dji murrup guyup guyup Listen, he will tell you a story very slow ngang-gak dhumba-nj (listen-everyone spirit bird) What story is he telling? winha dhumba-nj (listen talk-he) He's telling everyone's fast dhumba-nj wa-nganjin ngulu (What tell-he) Share everyone's story wunga-dji wa-nganjin ngulu (Tell-he our voice) The story of our ancestors very slow ngulu (give-you our voice) digging liwik-bulok ngulu liwik-bulok ngulu (ancestor-many
Appendix 1 Buln Buln Ngarrga Listen for many voices Hear many voices Sing many voices Mimic many voices Sing loud Sing strong Buln Buln the storyteller Listen to the spirit bird Listen, he will tell you a story What story is he telling? He's telling everyone's Share everyone's story The story of our ancestors fast very slow fast very slow digging fast very slow fast very slow digging ngang-gak ngulu-bulok ngagu ngulu-bulok yinga ngulu-bulok dhumba-dji dhumba-dji garimnin yinga-dji! balit yinga-dji garimnin yinga-dji! balit yinga-dji buln buln ngul-u buln buln ngul-u ngang-gak-dji murrup guyup guyup ngang-gak-dji murrup guyup guyup ngang-gak dhumba-nj winha dhumba-nj dhumba-nj wa-nganjin ngulu wunga-dji wa-nganjin ngulu ngulu liwik-bulok ngulu liwik-bulok ngulu (listen voice-many) (hear (sing voice-many) (say-you voice-many) (yell sing-you) (Buln Buln voice-his) 3 beats between digging, so get footing right (listen-everyone spirit bird) (listen talk-he) (What tell-he) (Tell-he our voice) (give-you our voice) (ancestor-many
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