Happy Australia Day

by Bungi Bill 14 Replies latest jw friends

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  barry

  I'm a bit surprised the Duke was given a Knighthood  from Australia. i thought he would have enough awards and titles aready 
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  smiddy

  I think the Duke given a knighthood will upset a lot of people in Australia.

  smiddy
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  Listener

  It's just embarrassing that the Prime Minister thinks as leader of Australia he is so important to be able to bestow a Knighthood on the Queen of England's (and the Commonwealth) husband.
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  zeb

      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 40 thousand years ive been 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 aboard 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 farmers wife on a dry and barren run

  A convict then free man, I am Australian.

      We are one etc...

      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 war times come

  We mourn our sons and honor them we are Australian.

      We are one..
  

      I 'm a teller of stories, I'm a singer of songs

  I'm Albert Namatjira, 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.

      We are one..

  I    'm the hot wind of the desert, I'm the black soil of the plains

  I'm the mountains and the valleys, I'm the droughts 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
  

     Then there were additional verses to commemorate the terrible fires that took 200 + lives and destroyed many     towns.

      There are no words of comfort that can help to ease the pain

  melting hearts hearts of lost ones, just memories that remain

  There are so many heroes whose stories must be told

  They fought the raging fires of hell and saved so many souls.

  From the ashes of despair our towns will rise again

  we mourn your loss we will rebuild we are 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
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
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  Phizzy

  Great lyrics Zeb !

  Herewith a Link to that Song on You Tube :  www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjkrjYitgeA

  Happy Australia Day to all in Oz, though most of you are in bed by now !