This Kevin Bates song was in As One Voice for Kids. It is a song about the stolen generations and reconciliation.
You can hear a snippet and buy the sheet music at Willow.
1 Around this land we love so well memories are burning.
Painful stories people tell, lost childhoods returning.
2 We listen as the people share their sad and wounded journey.
Healing takes long time to come, lost unity returning.
3 Sorry for the broken past. Our open hands are holding
Each others memories with great care, new culture we are molding.
4 Across the gaps our history made, a new bridge we are building.
Across the bridge we walk as one, new justice now creating.
5 God now watch our new found steps to reconciliation
And help us grow with gracious hearts new spirit in our nation.
© 2000 Kevin Bates. Published by Willow Publishing.
This song references the reconciliation walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the year 2000.
Nice though Kevin’s song is, the late great Archie Roach wrote the essential song about the stolen generation.