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"This song was repeated on B, a third lower, and sung through to the same sound.

Corrobboree Song.

"This drone or chant is repeated ad lib. as long as the ceremony lasts, a tone lower each time, and accompanied throughout with clapping of hands and stamping of feet."

Kurburu's song serves as an example of those which are connected with the supernatural, and it brings into view a curious belief, which is found in so many Australian legends and tales, of a supernatural relation of men and beasts. It was composed and sung by a bard called Kurburu, who

1. The "t" in "wurtein" apparently inserted or omitted at pleasure. (N.B.—ei="ai" in "rain.")
2. dh= sound of "th" in "this."
3. Mueik=mweik. So also gueik.