I Am Australian

I came upon a prison ship
Bowed down by iron chains
I fought 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 freeman
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 bushie, 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'll share a dream 
and sing with one voice
I am
You are
We are Australian
I'm a teller of stories
I'm a singer of songs
I am Albert Namatjira
And I paint the ghostly gums
I'm 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

I came from the Dreaming
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've been 
The first Australian

CHORUS 
(Repeat CHORUS) 

I am
You are
We are Australian


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Ayers

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