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Re: Question re: The Dreaming

From: nessus@mit.edu (Douglas Alan)
Date: 09 Jan 1995 21:55:40 GMT
Subject: Re: Question re: The Dreaming
To: rec-music-gaffa@uunet.uu.net
In-reply-to: anders.hultman@unisource.se's message of Mon, 9 Jan 1995 04:22:20 -0500
Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa
Organization: Kate Bush and Butthole Surfers Fandom Center
References: <2F1142C3@msmail.trl.oz.au> <3equue$irb@nic.tip.net>

In article <3equue$irb@nic.tip.net> anders.hultman@unisource.se
(Anders Hultman) writes:

>   But back to the original question. Does it mean "aeroplane"? And if, 
>   in what language?

The words are lyrics from an Aboriginal song called "Aeroplane,
Aeroplane", which is supposedly one of the first Aboriginal songs
about Western technology.  As far as I know, no one has determined
what the lyrics actually are.

|>oug

"Someone Lost At Sea Hoping A Plane With Find Them"