John Williamson - The Camel Boy lyrics

They called him Camel Boy But he was a man He walked behind us ...with a billy He tended the campfire ... and he made the tea Drowned in the colours ... we didn't see And the ghost gums stand ... gleaming white Showed him a paint brush ... he showed us the light I apologise ... for the condescension Paid no attention to the pain of the Camel Boy It's Namatjira ... he became the one We remember ... all alone Under a huge sky ... with a gentle hand Painted the pictures ... of an ancient land What fools we were ... what did we mean Dressed in white ... to meet the queen Take down her picture ... hang up a ghost gum Put up a landscape... by the Camel Boy 'Cause her majesty... was in his eye The 'sleeping lubra', the Aranda sky I apologise...for the condescension Paid no attention to the pain of the Camel Boy And the ghost gums stand ... gleaming white Showed him a paint brush ... he showed us the light Drowned in the colours ... we didn't see What a man was he ... Albert the Camel Boy Albert the Camel Boy Namatjira the Camel Boy