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* Contents derived from the London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,:Jonathan Cape , 1969 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

Recited Before Going to the Beach"The wind has calmed down.", single work poetry (p. 241)

Hunter's Chant Sung While Spearing Turtles"Glowing like the sacred blood you appear.", single work poetry (p. 241)

A Triptych on the Dugong"At Narel the dugong has stopped.", single work poetry (p. 242)

Song of a Widow for Her Dead Husband""Why do you keep coming here every day to my grave?"", single work poetry (p. 242-243)

From the Sacred Dulngulg Cycle"The day breaks-the first rays of the rising Sun, stretching her arms.", single work poetry (p. 243)

Traditional Song"Waves coming up; high waves coming up against the rocks,", single work poetry (p. 244)

Song of a Woman Crying for the Dead Baby Son of Her Daughter"The fire is burning at birginbirgin, and Gamarala, and Nuga,", single work poetry (p. 244)

Song of Departure and Farewell"The sail at the mast head dips from side to side,", single work poetry (p. 245)

The Gidgid Bird"The white gidgid bird is hunting fish.", single work poetry (p. 245)

The Narba Bird"The narba bird flies crying (its eggs and young!),", single work poetry (p. 245)

From the Goulburn Island Love Cycle"The tongues of the Lightning Snakes flicker and twist, one to the", single work poetry (p. 246)

Song Cycle of the Moon-Bone Wonguri - Mandjigai Song : Song Cycle of the Moon-Bone"The people are making a camp of branches in that country at Arnhem Bay:", Wonguri-Mandjigai People , Ronald M. Berndt (translator) poetry Indigenous story (p. 246-254)

Native Cat Songs"The great beam of the Milky Way", single work poetry (p. 254-255)

Sacred Song of the Avocet Cult"The avocets are coming,", single work poetry (p. 256-257)

The Song of Ankotarinja Song of the Progenitor-Hero Anakotarinja"Red is the down which is covering me;", Anonymous (fl. 1986) , Aranda Tribe , T. G. H. Strehlow (translator), single work poetry (p. 257-258)