PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All Harmony
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet backing vocal = [text]
036 - I Am Australian
Verse 1
I came from the dream-time from the dus-ty red soil plains
I am the anc-ient hear-t the kee-per of the flame
I stood u-pon the rock-y shore I watched the tall ships come
for for-ty thous-and years I'd been - the first Aust-ral-i-an.
Verse 2
I came u-pon the pris-on ship bowed down by iro-n chains
I cleared the land, endur-ed the lash and wait-ed for the rains
I'm a sett-ler, I'm a farm-er's wife on a dry and bar-ren run
a con-vict then a free-man I be-came Aust-ral-i-an.
Verse 3
(Altos harmonise with Sopranos)I'm the daugh-ter of a digg-er who sought the moth-er lode
the girl be-came a wo-man on the long and dust-y road
(Altos harmonise with Bass/Tenor) I'm a child of the de-press-ion I saw the good times come
I'm a bush-ie, I'm a bat-tler I am Aust-ral-i-an.
Chorus
(Altos harmonise) We are one, but we are ma-ny,
and from all the lands on earth we come
we share a dream and sing with one voice
I am - you are - we are Aust-ral-i-an.
Verse 4
I'm a tell-er of stor-ies I'm a sing-er of songs
I am Al-bert Nam-at-jira. I paint the ghost-ly gums
I am Clan-cy on his horse. I'm Ned Kell-y on the run
I'm the one who walt-zed Ma-til-da. I am Aust-ral-i-an.
Verse 5
(Altos harmonise) I'm the hot wind from the des-ert. I'm the black soil of the plains
I'm the moun-tains and the vall-eys I'm the drought and flood-ing rains
I am the rock, I am the sky, the riv-ers when they run
The spir-it of this grea-t land I am Aust-ral-i-an.
Chorus
(Altos harmonise) We are one, but we are ma-ny,
and from all the lands on earth we come
we share a dream and sing with one voice
I am - you are - we are Aust-ral-i-an.
Tag
I am - you are - we are Aust-ral-i-an.
I am Australian (or We are Australian) is a popular Australian poem written in 1987 by Bruce Woodley of The Seekers and Dobe Newton of The Bushwackers. The music was composed by Bruce Woodley.