Australian musician Paul Kelly has written a song called Northern Rivers on his Rivers and Rain compilation album.
While the song was written before the floods, its release is a poignant tribute to the Northern Rivers and a girl.
The song begins:
She was born by Northern Rivers
Where the land breathes fire and flood
She can tell the coming weather
In her bones, her body and her blood.
Well, she grew up on Northern Rivers
Coloured birds sang her out of bed each day
She made friends with wild creatures
They were her dreaming, her study and her play
She’s kind of wild too, hard to keep in view
The more I know her, the less I do.
Water features in many of Kelly’s songs including So much water close to home and others.
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