Anthem Australis (Baker / Kirby)

Lyrics
We are Australists
We are from many lands
We speak in many tongues
One tongue per each head, please

Except for lovers of tonsil hockey, and snakes and freaks

One tongue we all share
Many languages, much syntax, grammars many
One tongue we all share

Grammar - the rules of sentence construction
Not Grammar - your grandmother or
Grammar - a poncy private school

For we are Australists

We are Australists
And the land we found
Was from the homes we lost

And the description we gave to the authorities
Was as accurate as we could remember at the time

Yes, the nation we founded
And the economy we floundered
And the fractional cents we rounded

With all these things, we boil history's page

The world learns from this young nation

heave away you ruler land

The world gets good returns from this young nation
And the world invests in our laughing stock
For we are Australists

We are Australists
Young, but not puerile
Strong, but not servile

And not at all like Britney Spears
Er, yeah, yeah

The top twenty per cent, yes, the high quintile
We number many

And label few

We speak to the heard

And listen to a lot of bull

We're toorling like a true-born Australist

Bowed down with iron ore

What good are you?

What good are me?

For we too are Australists,
Australists pretty much like you
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Artist Details
Written by Aalexander Irving
Performed by Glottal Stop
& the Ruralbark Symphony Orchestra

At the Ten Steps Creek Weekly General Meeting 01/06/98
Published by Templarcom Music
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Real Recording & Publishing Details
Baker / Kirby
Lyrics: Simon Kirby
Music & Piano: Steve Baker
Vocal: Simon Kirby
Backing Vocals: Steve Baker / Simon Kirby
Produced by Steve Baker / Simon Kirby
Engineered by Steve Baker

Anthem Australis © Copyright 2000 Simon Kirby /Steve Baker
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