I've been to cities that never close down,
from New York to Rio and old London town,
but no matter how far or how wide I roam,
I still call Australia home.
I'm always travelIing, I love being free,
and so I keep leaving the sun and the sea,
but my heart lies waiting over the foam,
I still call Australia home.
All the sons and daughters spinning 'round the world,
away from their family and friends,
but as the world gets older and colder,
it's good to know where your journey ends.
Someday we'll all be together once more,
when all of the ships come back to the shore,
I�ll realise something I've always known,
I still call Australia home.
but no matter how far or wide I roam,
I still call Australia I still call Australia, I still call Australia home.
but no matter how far or wide I roam,
I still call Australia I still call Australia, I still call Australia home.
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
Under the shade of a Coolibah tree
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy
boiled
�Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me?�
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
�Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?�
And he sang as he watched and waited til his billy
boiled
�Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?�
Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his
tuckerbag
�You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me�
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his
tuckerbag
�You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me�
Up rode a squatter mounted on his thoroughbred
Down came troopers one, two, three
�Who�s that jolly jumbuck you've got in the tuckerbag?
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me!
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
Who�s that jolly jumbuck you've got in the tuckerbag?
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me�
Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong
�You'll never catch me alive!� said he
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that
billabong
�You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me!�
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that
billabong
�You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me!�
I came from the dreamtime from the dusty red soil plains
I am the ancient heart, the keeper of the flame
I stood upon the rocky shore
I watched the tall ships come
For forty thousand years I'd been the first Australian
I came upon the prison ship bowed down by iron chains.
I cleared the land, endured the lash and waited for the rains.
I'm a settler.
I'm a farmer's wife on a dry and barren run
A convict then a free man I became Australian
I'm the daughter of a digger who sought the mother lode
The girl became a woman on the long and dusty road
I'm a child of the depression
I saw the good times come
I'm a bushy, I'm a battler
I am Australian
Chorus
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'm a teller of stories
I'm a singer of songs
I am Albert Namatjira
I paint the ghostly gums
I am Clancy on his horse
I'm Ned Kelly on the run
I'm the one who waltzed Matilda
I am Australian
I'm the hot wind from the desert
I'm the black soil of the plains
I'm the mountains and the valleys
I'm the drought and flooding rains
I am the rock, I am the sky
The rivers when they run
The spirit of this great land
I am Australian
Chorus
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
Give me a home among the gum trees
With lots of plum trees
A sheep or two
A kangaroo
A clothesline out the back
Verandah out the front
And an old rocking chair
You'll see me in the kitchen
Cooking up a roast
Or vegemite on toast
Just you and me
And a cup of tea
And when my friends will ask me
The place that I adore
I'll tell you right away.
Give me a home among the gum trees
With lots of plum trees
A sheep or two
A kangaroo
A clothesline out the back
Verandah out the front
And an old rocking chair
Watch me wallabies feed mate.
Watch me wallabies feed.
They're a dangerous breed mate.
So watch me wallabies feed.
Altogether now!
Tie me kangaroo down sport,
tie me kangaroo down.
Tie me kangaroo down sport,
tie me kangaroo down.
Keep me cockatoo cool, Curl,
keep me cockatoo cool.
Don't go acting the fool, Curl,
just keep me cockatoo cool.
Altogether now!
Take me koala back, Jack,
take me koala back.
He lives somewhere out on the track, Mac,
so take me koala back.
Altogether now!
Mind me platypus duck, Bill,
mind me platypus duck.
Don't let him go running amok, Bill,
mind me platypus duck.
Altogether now!
Play your digeridoo, Blue,
play your digeridoo.
Keep playing 'til I shoot thro' Blue,
play your digerydoo.
Altogether now!
Tan me hide when I'm dead, Fred,
tan me hide when I'm dead.
So we tanned his hide when he died Clyde,
(Spoken) And that's it hanging on the shed.
Altogether now!
Mike and Maureen can be contacted on either�
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