Sing Australia
Words and Music by John Denver
I come to Australia as many people do
To see the old koala, hitch a ride on a kangaroo
To hear somebody call me "Mate" and call somebody "Blue"
To hear an Aborigine play a didgeridoo
Some of you came as prisoners two centuries ago
Some of you come as kings and queens your blessing to bestow
Some of you stand all swelled with pride, some with shattered wings
But all of us come with open hearts to hear Australia sing
In the desert, in the city
In the mountains and in the sea
In the stories and in the people
I can hear Australia sing
Waltzing Matilda, the men of Gallipoli
Clancy of the Overflow and Crocodile Dundee
The myth of all creation, the teaching of Baiame
The legends of the Dreamtime for all eternity
And in this celebration, a brief two hundred years
The cost to build a nation in blood and sweat and tears
And if we stand divided, divided we shall fall
But if we stand together, we shall conquer all
In the desert, in the city
In the mountains and in the sea
In the stories and in the people
I can hear Australia sing
Sing Australia, Sing Australia, Sing Australia, Sing Australia
In the sails on Sydney Harbour
I can hear Australia sing
Copyright by Cherry Lane Music
From the album "Higher Ground"
(Spelling mistakes on the cover corrected by Charles Cave)