Woodford Music

I Am Australian
It is important for you to learn this Whole School Finale song for our concert.
Learn to sing the words but concentrate on the first 3 verses and the chorus.
Once you know the tune quite well, have a go with the karaoke track. The first verse will be quite tricky but don’t give up.

Didgeridoo Players
I will be looking for someone to play the didgeridoo. If you can learn, or know anyone who plays, please let me know.

Solo Singers
I may have a part for a solo singer/small group of singers for this song. If you are interested in this let me know and if possible, email me a recording of you singing one of the verses and the chorus.

Email: jennyd@woodfordps.vic.edu.au

Verse 1:

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

Verse 2:

I came upon the prison ship
Bowed down by iron chains
I bought 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

Verse 3:

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

Chorus:

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”

Verse 4:

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

Verse 5:

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

Repeat Chorus 2X