My name is Officer O'Malley
My job is hunting Pigeon down
I don't like this kind of work much
I'm sick of sleeping on the ground
Pigeon – that's the name we gave him
Pigeon used to be so tame
'Til one day he turned against his master
k**ed him, broke his brother's chains
Now Pigeon could track the Holy Spirit
But he don't leave no tracks at all
I've been running round in circles
I've been feeling like a fool
Pigeon- that's the name we gave him
But he's got another name
It's spreading all across the valleys
Jandamarra! – like a burning flame
One time we had him in a gully
One time we had him in a cave
Each time we closed in on our quarry
Pigeon-that's the name we gave him
Pigeon-putting me to shame
I do this job because I have to
I don't say that he's to blame
Jandamarra!- how I hate that name