So 'n paar bekende Australiese liedjies

Vir baie mense wat oor land en see gekom het om Australië as hul nuwe tuiste aan te neem, is daar 'n paar liedere wat die gees van die nasie vasvang en hulle met trots vervul - dit wat hierdie klein lappieskombers nasietjie oor slegs 200 jaar bereik het.

Die Aussie volkslied

Australians all let us rejoice,
For we are young and free;
We've golden soil and wealth for toil,
Our home is girt by sea;
Our land abounds in Nature's gifts
Of beauty rich and rare;
In history's page, let every stage
Advance Australia fair!
In joyful strains then let us sing,
"Advance Australia fair!"

When gallant Cook from Albion sail'd,
To trace wide oceans o'er,
True British courage bore him on,
Till he landed on our shore.
Then here he raised Old England's flag,
The standard of the brave;
With all her faults we love her still,
"Brittannia rules the wave!"
In joyful strains then let us sing
"Advance Australia fair!"

Beneath our radiant southern Cross,
We'll toil with hearts and hands;
To make this Commonwealth of ours
Renowned of all the lands;
For those who've come across the seas
We've boundless plains to share;
With courage let us all combine
To advance Australia fair.
In joyful strains then let us sing
"Advance Australia fair!"

While other nations of the globe
Behold us from afar,
We'll rise to high renown and shine
Like our glorious southern star;
From England, Scotia, Erin's Isle,
Who come our lot to share,
Let all combine with heart and hand
To advance Australia fair!
In joyful strains then let us sing
"Advance Australia fair!"

Shou'd foreign foe e'er sight our coast,
Or dare a foot to land,
We'll rouse to arms like sires of yore
To guard our native strand;
Brittannia then shall surely know,
Beyond wide ocean's roll,
Her sons in fair Australia's land
Still keep a British soul.
In joyful strains the let us sing
"Advance Australia fair!"


I Am Australian...and from all the lands on earth we come


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.

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.

Verse 2:
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.

Chorus

Verse 3:
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.

Chorus


I still call Australia home



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 travelin'
And I love bein' free
So I keep leavin' 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 families and friends
Ah, but as the world gets older and colder
It's good to know where your journey ends.

And someday we'll all be together once more
When all the ships come back to the shore
Then I realize something I've always known
I still call Australia home.

No matter how far
Or how wide I roam
I still call Australia home.







Waltzing Matilda



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,
"You'll come a-waltzing
Matilda with me!"


2.

Down came a jumbuck
To drink at the water hole.
Up jumped the swagman
And grabbed him with glee.
And he sang as shoved
That jumbuck in his tucker bag,
"You'll come a-waltzing,
Matilda, with me!"


3.

Down came the stockman,
Riding on his thoroughbred;
Down came the troopers,
One, two, three.
"Whose the jolly jumbuck
You've got in your tucker bag?"
You'll come a-waltzing,
Matilda, with me.


4.

Up jumped the swagman
And sprang into the billabong.
"You'll never take me
Alive!" cried he.
And his ghost may be heard
As you pass the billabong,
"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 watched
And waited 'till his billy boiled,
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 tucker bag,
"You'll come a-waltzing,
Matilda, with me!"


Waltzing Matilda,
Waltzing Matilda,
You'll come a-waltzing,
Matilda with me.
"Whose the jolly jumbuck
You've got in your tucker bag?"
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 the billabong,
"You'll come a-waltzing,
Matilda, with me!"

En...moet ook nie die volgende komiese liedjies van Rolf Harris vergeet nie - hy is al sinoniem met Australië


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