My great-great grandmother, she told that two birds, they not strangers. They like a family to her. And she sang that song “gooral gooral bomangerri jeggejegge bomangerri jillijilyerji oobujoobuj ngenaninggi.”

This story takes place in Violet Valley, when Shirley’s father’s grandmother were still alive. The story about Shirley’s great-great-grandmother took place on Gooral Gooral country, where those birds have always lived. Shirley’s great-great grandmother, Mamigool aka Curlew, would dig the roots of a creeper bush potato plant that grows in that country. She sang to the birds a special song, telling them they were like her family. That song has been passed down to Shirley from her great-great grandmother to her father, who sang it to young Shirley. Shirley never met Mamigool, but she knows about her, and knows her special song.