I am Australian (video)

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1. 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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2. 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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3. 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.

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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.

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4. 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 Mathilda, I am Australian.

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5. 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.

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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.

+ repeat CHORUS

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+ I am, you are - - - we are Australian.

(The Seekers)