I Am Australian — текст песни (Various)

(Bruce Woodley and Dobe Newton)
I came from the dream time, 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.
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 came upon the prison ship bound 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.
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`m a teller of stories, I`m a singer of songs
I am Albert Namatjira, and 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.
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.