AUSTRALIA DAY 2015
ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR?
Australians let us all despair
No longer young or free
With golden soil and wealth for toil
We’d rather watch TV.
Our land abounds in nature’s gifts
Of beauty, rich and rare
But History’s page shows every stage
Australia is unfair.
In mournful tones then let us sing
“Australia is unfair”.
Beneath our radiant Southern Cross
We close our hearts and hands.
We make this Commonwealth of ours
A shame in all the lands.
For those who’ve come across the seas
We’ve only jails to share.
Where’s courage when we all combine
To make ourselves unfair?
In mournful tones then let us sing
“Australia is unfair”.
Australian folk let us complain
For we are poor and weak.
The Coalition of the rich
Has stitched us up a trick.
Our land abounds in greedy banks
And retail profiteers;
Screwed up from birth for all our worth
We drown ourselves in beer.
In mournful tones then let us sing
“Australia is unfair”
Equality was once our strength
Our health was good and free.
Now education costs too much
We have no parity.
Our youths despair of getting jobs;
Our future seems unsure;
Evading tax, polluting air
It seems we do not care.
In mournful tones then let us sing
“Australia is unfair”.
(Copyright Ian and Helen Bersten)
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Thought provoking article: Advance Australia unfair: Je suis les refugees du Manus https://t.co/pqrGXQtIdV @IndependentAus
— RAC QLD (@racqld) January 26, 2015
