Kasey Chambers
Kasey Chambers - Nullarbor, The Biggest Backyard songtekst
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Nullarbor! Zie voor informatie de toelichting bij de 'Nullarbor Song'.
Ooldea is een dorpje - gehucht - in het oosten van de Nullarbar vlakte. Toen Australie de spoorlijn aanlegde werd op die plek een kamp ingericht voor de arbeiders omdat daar drinkwater voorradig was. Uit dat kamp is dus Ooldea gegroeid. Ooldea was afhankelijk van de 'Tea and Sugar Train', die er de noodzakelijke levensbehoeften bracht. De trein is er inmiddels niet meer. In 1997 kwam er de laatste trein. Sommige wagons zijn bewaard gebleven en gestald in het National Railway Museum van Port Adelaide.
When I was a little girl I had the biggest backyard in the world It went on for miles and miles as wide as it was high Down to the horizon all the way up to the sky And every now and then I heard a Mile Tree cry my name When I was a little girl, I had the biggest backyard in the world Covered up with red dirt, as far as I could see I shared it with the railway and the aborigines Southwest of Ooldea all the way down to the sea and back When I was a little girl, I had the biggest backyard in the world The sun would shine until the day I asked for it to rain Counting down the sleeps until the Tea and Sugar Train Ten cents on the track for days before it ever came and went When I was a little girl, I had the biggest backyard in the world Sitting 'round the campfire that started from a spark Rolling down the Gunbarrel Highway in the dark Making sure that I had all the room here in my heart for the Nullarbor When I was a little girl, I had the biggest backyard in the world