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There's a lake in South Australia, little lake with lovely name.
                                       
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And the story woven round it, from the piccaninnies came.
     
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Every night the native mothers croon this lovely lullaby,
    
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Croon across the moonlit waters, to the star up in the sky.
 


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Carra Barra, Wirra Canna, little star upon the lake,

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Guide me through the hours of darkness, keep me safely till I wake. 
 


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Piccaninnies' heads are nodding, drowsy crooning fills the air,
                                       
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Little eyes at last are closing, and the boat of dreams is there.
    
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Guide my boat across the waters, cross the waters still and deep,
                                              
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Light me with your little candle, safely to the land of sleep. 

 
 
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Carra Barra, Wirra Canna, little star upon the lake,

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Guide me through the hours of darkness, keep me safely till I wake.