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Am G F C
[Verse 1]
C Dm
He was born in Powell Creek, about 1894,
G F C
A true son of the territory, he was taken by the law.
Dm
Fathered by a station owner, baptised by the whites,
G F C
Taken from his mother, to make the whole thing right.
Dm
They moved to South Australia, and he learned to read and write,
G F C
And in May of 1915, he enlisted for the fight.
Dm
He's a blackfella ANZAC, in a war across the sea,
G F C
And he's fighting for Australia so its people could be free.
Dm
Serving a country where he couldn't even vote,
G F C
They turned a blind eye for him to line up for the boat.
Dm
And while he couldn't drink with whites, and he never questioned why?
G F C
He was good enough to fight, and to sail away and die.
[Chorus]
Am G F C
Blackfella ANZAC, white enough to take,
G F C
And he's white enough to risk his life, and die to save his mates
Am G F C
Blackfella ANZAC, thanks for what you gave,
G F C
But I wish you were remembered, the bravest of the brave
[Verse 2]
Dm
Well four years in the First World War, he was lucky to survive,
G F C
His machine gun crew all gone, he's the only one alive.
Dm
Then a second crew of mates, all battle scarred and worn,
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And again for no good, they all too were gone.
Dm
And god he must have suffered for his mates to die that way,
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There was no black or white, he just got to stay.
Dm
So Fred he'd seen some battles in a long and bloody war,
G F C
And I wonder if he thought he'd need to even up the score.
Dm
cuz' the POSI years in France, they stared death in the face,
G F C
They called for volunteers for a maddened, desperate race.
Dm
Across the open country to accept his rightful fate,
G F C
Then to bring the ammo back, well he didn't hesitate
[Chorus]
Am G F C
Blackfella ANZAC, he's white enough to take,
G F C
And he's white enough to risk his life, and die to save his mates
Am G F C
Blackfella ANZAC, thanks for what you gave,
G F C
But I wish you were remembered, the bravest of the brave
[Verse 3]
Dm
Well he sent the bravery medal home, but it's lost out on the sea,
G F C
And don't suppose it matters for what would have to be.
Dm
For back home in Australia, he was just a half-caste black,
G F C
Who travelled round the country from war to hell and back.
Dm
And he ended up in Katherine, where he died alone and poor,
G F C
And the copper made the comment, he said he went to war.
[Chorus]
Am G F C
Blackfella ANZAC, he's white enough to take,
G F C
And he's white enough to risk his life, and die to save his mates
Am G F C
Blackfella ANZAC, thanks for what you gave,
G F C
But I wish you were remembered, the bravest of the brave
[Verse 4]
Dm
So here's to Frederick Prentice, he's a hero of the war,
G F C
His name's not on the Cenotaph in Darwin that's for sure.
Dm
No military funeral, it was just the two of us,
G F C
A gravedigger, a copper and only dust to dust.
Dm
But a true son of the territory and the ANZAC lives he saved,
G F C
But you lie asleep in Katherine in an unmarked grave
[Chorus]
Am G F C
Blackfella ANZAC, and he's white enough to take,
G F C
And he's white enough to risk his life, and die to save his mates
Am G F C
Blackfella ANZAC, thanks for what you gave,
G F C
But I wish you were remembered, the bravest of the brave.
Am G F C
And you lie asleep in Katherine in an unmarked grave
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