I anledning af, at jeg rejser ned og besøger mine venner i Australien, er vi i gang med at indspille lidt fin australsk musik.
Her har vi taget fat i The Seekers’ fantastiske hyldest til landet down under, som rummer så meget godt.
Jeg boede i Vestaustralien et par år for nu 50 år siden og fik venner for livet, som jeg glæder mig til at se igen.
Titel: I Am Australian
Tekst & musik: Bruce Woodley/Dobe Newton
Artist: Arena Luanda
Sang: Arne Lund
Trommer, bas, keyboard & guitar: Jon Kjærran
Kor, mandolin & guitar: Arne Lund
Producer: Jon Kjærran
Studie: Arena Luanda
Cover design: Arne Lund
Cover foto: Adrian Pike
Mastering: Holger Lagerfeldt
Label: Arena Luanda/202503
ISRC: DK-KL2-25-00301
Udgivelse: 2. september 2025
I Am Australian
I came from the dream-time
I Am Australian
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”
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”
Bruce Woodley/Dobe Newton