Sing Australia

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 the 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 Galipoli Clancy of the Overflow, Crocodile Dundee The myth of all creation, the teaching of baiame The legends of a dream time for all eternity And in this celebration of a brief two hundred years The cost to build a nation in blood and sweat and tears And if we stand divided, divided we will 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 harbor, I can hear Australia sing