I came from the dreamtime From the dusty red soil plains I am the ancient heart The keeper of the flames I Stood upon the rocky shore I watched the tall ships come For forty thousand years Ive been the first Australian I came upon the prison ships Bound down by iron chains I cured the land Endured the lash And waited for the rains Im a settler Im a farmers wife On a dry and barren run A convict and a free man I became Australian Im a daughter of a digger Who sought the mother load The girl became a women On the long and dusty road Im a child of the depression I saw the good time come Im a bushy Im a battler I am Australian We are one But we are many And from all the lands on earth we come Well share a dream And sing with one voice I am, you are, we are Australian Im a teller of stories Im a singer of songs I am Albert Namatjira And I paint the ghostly gums Im Clancy on his horse Im Ned Kelly on the run Im the one who waltzed matilda I am Australian Im the hot wind from the desert Im the black soil of the plain Im the mountains and the valleys Im the drowned and flooding rains I am the rock I am the sky The rivers when they run The spirit of this great land I am Australian We are one But we are many And from all the lands on earth we come Well share a dream And sing with one voice I am, you are, we are Australian We are one But we are many And from all the lands on earth we come Well share a dream And sing with one voice I am, you are, we are Australian
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 12:14:07 +0000
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