Palm Island Song

Palm Island Song written and composed by John Thompson of Cloudstreet

Palm Island is a Paradise
Green jewel in blue ocean
On Palm Island a young man died
Mulrunji was his name

The police they took a man away
Green jewel in blue ocean
That young man he died that day
Mulrunji was his name

Broken body on the watchhouse floor
Green jewel in blue ocean
A place that he'd not been before
Mulrunji was his name

Two men fell and one stayed down
Green jewel in blue ocean
Dying the watchhouse, under the Crown
Mulrunji was his name

It was an accident, no-one's to blame
Green jewel in blue ocean
If that's the judgement, we wear the shame
Mulrunji was his name

A policeman walks free from the court
Green jewel in blue ocean
White man's freedom with black blood bought
Mulrunji was his name

The men of Palm are dying yet
Green jewel in blue ocean
Until there's justice, we mustn't forget
Mulrunji was his name

Palm Island is a paradise
Green jewel in blue ocean
On Palm Island too many die
Mulrunji was his name

copyright John Thompson  adapted for choir by Nick House

The text of the song has been sent to the Doomadgee family according to protocol.

Palm Island song.mp4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMWTtkh-kKw

Songlines Choir  have sung this at many public occasions and it has aroused great interest and emotion.
By the way, I am a founding member of Songlines Choir. We are a community Choir started in 1999, as a section of the Union Choir, and then became independent.
We sing for Justice especially for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, for Refugees, for Peace and for the Environment.