Sing Australia
(专辑: Higher Ground - 1989)
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.