'Cause 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 share a dream,
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And sing with one voice,
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I am, you are, we are 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 shore, I watched the tall ships come,
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For forty thousand years I'd been the first Australian.
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I came upon the prison ship bound down by iron chains
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I cleared 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 but I saw the good times come
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I'm a bushy, I'm a battler, I am Australian.
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'Cause 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 share a dream,
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And sing with one voice,
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I am, you are, we are Australian.
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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 am 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 and I'm the sky, the rivers when they run
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The spirit of this great land, I am Australian.
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'Cause 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 share a dream,
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And sing with one voice,
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I am, you are, we are Australian.
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I Am Australian (Solo Performance by Rai Thistlethwayte)
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| Thirsty Merc |
