PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet backing vocal = [text]
031 - I Still Call Australia Home
Verse 1
I’ve been to cit-ies that nev-er close down,
from New York to Ri-o and old Lon-don town;
but no mat-ter how far or how wide I roam -
I still call Aus-tra-lia - home.
[3 x Bar Instrumental Bridge]
Verse 2
I’m al-ways trav’-lin’ I love be-ing free,
and so I keep leav-ing the sun and the sea;
but my heart lies wait-ing o-ver the foam –
I still call Aus-tra-lia - home.
[1 x Bar Instrumental Bridge]
Bridge
All the sons and daugh-ters,
^ spin-ning ‘round the world –
a-way from their fam-‘ly and friends;
but as the world gets old-er and cold-er,
it’s good to know where your jour-ney ends.
Verse 3
But some-day we’ll all be to-geth-er once more,
when all of the ships come back to the shore.
I re-al-ise some-thing I’ve al-ways known,
I still call Aus-tra-lia - home (lower pitch)
[10 x Bar Instrumental Bridge]
But no mat-ter how far or how wide I roam,
I still call Aus-tra-lia;
I still call Aus-tra-lia;
I still call Aus-tra-lia - home (high)
[2 x Bar Instrumental Bridge]
But no mat-ter how far or how wide I roam,
I still call Aus-tra-lia;
I still call Aus-tra-lia;
I still call Aus-tra-lia - home (high)
[8 x Bar Instrumental Ending]
A song written and performed by Peter Allen in 1980