IHHP Halls Creek - "Save the Water (Ngaba)"

IHHP artists Kamahi Djordon King, Jerome Farah, Tim Hillier and Syd Row worked with the Halls Creek community music video over these Easter school holidays 2017 making their deadly new song called "Save the Water (Ngaba) ". IHHP have partnered with the 'Water Corporation' and the 'Shire of Halls Creek' to create an important educational resource for the entire world. Halls Creek is amongst the highest rate of water use per capita in Western Australia. To reduce wasted water, Water Corporation suported by Senior Elder Pastor Donald Cox are encouraging all members of the community to adopt water wise behaviours at home and out and about.
The song includes the following messages:
• Turn off the taps when not in use
• Turn off the hose when not in use
• Turn off taps when brushing teeth
• Shower for 4 minutes - or about the length of a song - any longer is wasteful
• Water is too precious to waste
• See a leaking pipe at your home or in your community- report it - leaking pipes waste water
• Drop 2 - reduce shower times by 2 minutes - shorter showers save water
• Lead the way - stop wasting water
• Keep cool in the River or Pool; not the shower
We’re so proud of the Halls Creek kids and thank Senior Elder Pastor Donald Cox, the water Corporation, the Shire of Halls Creek and community for supporting this project. So please, sing and dance along, like, share and - most importantly - ‘save the ngaba’!
SAVE THE WATER (NGABA) LYRICS
We’re gonna sing a little song for you
With an important message too
It’s about saving water and
The preservation of our land
Think about saving water whatever you do
Tell everybody else in the community too
Don’t use too much water when you’re taking a bath
Otherwise that water won’t last
Gotta save the ngaba
Gotta save the water
Don’t’ waste it
Turn taps off tight
Don’t waste it
Only water gardens at first light
Don’t waste it
Every drop counts
Don’t’ waste it
Or it will run out
Because water is life
Don’t waste it
Don’t let the bore run dry
After the rains the river will flow
Amongst the red earth, the green will grow
When the waterfall runs the fish will come
Life is reborn underneath the sun
We need water to survive
Keep the Gija and Jaru culture alive
We need water when we’re thirsty
Keep showers short when we’re dirty
Gotta save the ngaba
Gotta save the water
Don’t waste it
Turn taps off tight
Don’t waste it
Only water gardens at first light
Don’t waste it
Every drop counts
Don’t waste it
Or it will run out
Because water is life
Don’t waste it
Don’t let the bore run dry
Spoken word by Senior Elder Pastor Donald Cox
Hey you Halls Creek mob
Turn taps off when not in use
If you see a leaking tap or pipe in your community then make sure you report it
Don’t run water when you brush your teeth
Water is important to our way of life
Halls Creek kids, hit it