the yarns and the stories told,
Wrongly charged and sent out here
He ran away from a life in chains
A prisoner free from all his pains
To the shores of the west
For thirty -two years upon this land
William Buckley, where are you?
By the forest green and the ocean blue
You'll not survive, you'll never cope
you've got Buckley's hope
Returned from death, they took him in
They told him ways so he'd survive
They gave him love, they gave him life
At six foot six he was a sight
Hair and beard and eyes of blue
A brother back to life anew
William Buckley, where are you?
By the forest green and the ocean blue
You'll not survive, you'll never cope
William, you've got Buckby's hope
William, Buckby, show your face
You'll not survive this dreadful place
You let them all a merry dance
you've got Buckby's chance
When the white man came in thirty -five
He told them how we had survived
There was a way to claim this land
But not the way that was at hand
The Kulin nation gathered strong
The last time they would share their song
With the white men they could not agree
The peace they sought was not to be
William Buckley, where are you?
You'll not survive, you'll never cope
William, you've got Buckley's hope
William Buckley, show your face
You'll not survive this dreadful place
You let them all merry dance
Wil liam, you've got Buckley's
Their land to take, there was no doubt,
So history took its ugly course,
The might, the men, the brutal force.
All that knowledge never taught
All that wisdom never sought
William Buckley, where are you?
By the forest green and the ocean blue
You'll no survive, you'll never cope
William, you've got Buckley's hope
William Buckbee, show your face
You've led them all a merry dance
William, you've got Buckbee's chance
William Buckbee, where are you?
By the forest, green and the ocean
You'll not survive, you'll never cope
William, you've got Bucky's hope
William, Bucky, show your face
You'll not survive this dreadful place
You've left them all a merry dance
William, you've got Bucky's chance
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