Australian National Anthem by Adam Hills
Good old Advance Australia Fair… It would have been a great Anthem if it didn’t make me want to fall asleep all the time. I noticed during the Beijing Olympics that England also has a pretty slow anthem, so maybe it’s a commonwealth thing? I totally love the version Adam Hills sang at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival to the tune of “Working Class Man” by Jimmy Barnes. If only they let us sing this version when we were in Primary School! =)
Australians all let us rejoice
For we are young and free
With golden soil and wealth for toil
Our home is girt by sea
Oh oh oh 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!
Oh oh oh, Advance Australia fairBeneath 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
Oh oh oh, Advance Australia fairAustralians all let us rejoice
For we are young and free
With 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!
oHh, Advance Australia fair
oHh, Advance Australia fair!~
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