TRACK 2 (Moy62-01-s01) Song 1: Rak Badjalarr
| Sung text | Free Translation |
| rak badjalarr bangany nye-bindja-ng(repeated)ii winmedje ngan-dji-nyene | You sing a song for my ancestral country, North Peron IslandI am [sitting] eating oysters |
This is our earliest recording of ‘Rak Badjalarr,’ recorded by Alice Moyle in 1962. Although the quality of the recording is less than ideal owing to its having been originally recorded at a very low level, it has been included here because it gives us a chance to hear Bobby Lane singing while he was still a young man of about twenty.
There are a number of textual and musical differences between this version and the 1986 version on track 1 (see discussion below in the music analysis section of the chapter).
Song structure summary
VOCAL SECTIONS 1-2
Melodic section 1
Text phrases 1-5
Rhythmic mode 5a (fast even)
| rak | badjalarr | bangany | nye | -bindja | -ng |
| father’s country | place name | song | 2MIN.S.IR | sing | SIM |
You sing a song for my ancestral country, North Peron Island
Melodic section 2
Text phrase 6
Rhythmic mode 5a (fast even)
| ii | winmedje | ngan | -dji | -nyene |
| SW | oyster | 1MIN.A/3AUG.O | eat | R |
I am [sitting] eating oysters
INSTRUMENTAL SECTIONS 1-2 [Various vocables are sung during these sections]
Rhythmic mode 5a (fast even)