Sing Australia

John Denver

1. I come to Australia as many people do
   To see the old koala, hitch a ride on a kangaroo
   To hear somebody call me mate
   And call somebody blue
   To hear an aborigine play a digereedoo
   
2. Some of you came as prisoners two centuries ago
   Some of you come as kings and queens, your blessing to bestow
   Some of you stand all swelled with pride,
   Some with shattered wings
   But all of us come with open hearts to hear Australia sing.
   
R: In the deserts, in the cities, in the mountains, and in the sea
   In the stories, and in the people
   I can hear Australia sing
     
3. Waltzing Matilda, the men of Galipoli
   Clancy of the over flow, Crocodile Dundee
   The myth of all creation, the teaching of Baiame
   The legends of the dream time for all eternity
   
4. In this celebration of a brief two hundred years
   The cost to build a nation in blood and sweat and tears
   And if we stand divided, divided we will fall
   But if we stand together, we shall conquer all
   
R:   
   Sing Australia, Sing Australia, Sing Australia, Sing Australia
   In the sails of Sydney Harbor
   I can hear Australia sing