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A sad song  
   

A sad song

A blind musician playing a Djuembuesh (a little larger than a banjo) singing a song about the Gallipoli campaign, particularly about a Turkish soldier who was shot in the trench and then buried alive. In the song he calls his mother and is sympathetic about his youth. This was particularly piognant in view of the number of Aussies that lost their lives too at this battle site in Turkey
London to Sydney - On the Europe/Asia ·Divide - Istanbul

April 4th 2010
Sunday 4 April - Easter Day We are now in Istanbul staying with some friends in Istanbul of Mac’s and Lynn’s who are friends of Barry’s who made the original approach for us to stay with them. Getting into Turkey was reasonably straight forward - the drive from our last stop, Kavala, brought us over the northern hills of Greece. Both of us were amazed to see signs on the overhead gantry ... read more
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