I am NOT Australian Я ПОКА не Австралиец

“I Am Australian”. 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 shores, I watched the tall ships come, For forty thousand years I’ve been The first Australian. I came upon the prison ship, Bowed down by iron chains, I fought 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 bushie, I’m a battler, I am Australian. We are one, but we are many, And from all the lands on earth we come. We’ll share a dream and sing with one voice, “I am, you are, we are Australian” I’m a teller of stories, I’m a singer of songs, I am Albert Namatjira And 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. 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. We are one, but we are many, And from all the lands on earth we come. We’ll share a dream and sing with one voice, “I am, you are, we are Australian.” “I am, you are, we are Australian.”