
Date of issue: 04.03.2014
Song language: English
I Am Australian |
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 I’ve been the first Australian |
We are one |
But we are many |
And from all the lands on earth we come |
We share a dream |
And sing with one voice |
I am, you are, we are Australian |
I came upon the prison ships |
Bound down by iron chains |
I cleared the land |
Endured the lash |
And waited for the rains |
I’m a settler |
I’m a farmers wife |
On a dry and barren run |
A convict then a free man |
I became Australian |
We are one |
But we are many |
And from all the lands on earth we come |
We share a dream |
And sing with one voice |
I am, you are, we are Australian |
I’m a teller of stories |
I’m a singer of songs |
I am Albert Namatjira |
And I paint the ghostly gums |
I’m Clancy on his horse |
I’m Ned Kelly on the run |
I’m the one who waltzed matilda |
I am Australian |
We are one |
But we are many |
And from all the lands on earth we come |
We share a dream |
And sing with one voice |
I am, you are, we are Australian |
I am, you are, we are Australian |
I am, you are |
We are Australian |