I Am Australian

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I came from the dream-time, From the dusty red-soil plains
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I am the ancient heart, The keeper of the flame
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I stood upon the rocky shores, I watched the tall ships come.
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For forty thousand years I've been, The first Australian

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I came upon the prison ship, Bowed down by iron chains
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I fought the land, endured the lash, And waited for the rains
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I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's wife, On a dry and barren run,
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A convict, then a free man, I became Australian

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I'm the daughter of a digger, Who sought the mother lode.
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The girl became a woman, On the long and dusty road.
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I'm a child of the Depression, I saw the good times come,
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I'm a bushie, I'm a battler, I am Australian.


[Chorus]

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We are one, but we are many,
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And from all the lands on earth we come.
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We'll share a  dream and sing with one voice,
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"I am, you are, we are Australian"


[Verse]

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I'm a teller of stories, I'm a singer of songs,
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I am Albert Namatjira, And I paint the ghostly gums.
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I'm Clancy on his horse, I'm Ned Kelly on the run,
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I'm the one who waltzed Matilda, I am Australian.

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I'm the hot wind from the desert, I'm the black soil of the plains,
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I'm the mountains and the valleys, I'm the drought and flooding rains.
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I am the rock, I am the sky, The rivers when they run,
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The spirit of this great land, I am Australian.


[Chorus]

C  C   C               F C
We are one, but we are many,
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And from all the lands on earth we come.
               C                    F   C
We'll share a  dream and sing with one voice,
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"I am, you are, we are Australian"

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"I am, you are, we are Australian"