The Coming Of The Whiteman

Lyrics

[Verse 1] As I look into the distance I can see a big white canoe With a strange looking people And I hid myself from view And I watched as they stepped upon the shore [Verse 2] As I came a little closer I could see their skin was white And the drums were getting louder As their faces filled with fright As we rushed down to greet them on the shore [Verse 3] As we stood among them laughing Not knowing what our fate would be They appeared to be friendly But our land filled their eyes with greed And our freedom was gone from us forever [Verse 4] We shared so many secrets And taught them to live off the land They were determined to take over We had to fight to save our land They broke treaties and took our happiness away [Instrumental] [Verse 5] It was disease and starvation That made our people finally fall And not bullets from the whiteman That made us surrender at all [Verse 6] They gave us our first taste of sin And brought so much shame into our life We knew our culture was destroyed When we were forced to live a new life And put on a reservation to fade away [Outro] Go away whiteman, this is our land Go away whiteman, this is our land Go away whiteman, this is our land Go away whiteman, this is our land Go away whiteman, this is our land Go away whiteman, this is our land Go away whiteman, this is our land Go away whiteman, this is our land