Advance Australia Fair

Terrible song. National Party senator Sandy McDonald said that Australia will sing itself to sleep, it was so boring. The original song is-

Australia's sons let us rejoice,

For we are young and free;

We've 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 hist'ry's page, let ev'ry stage

Advance Australia fair.

In joyful strains then let us sing,

Advance Australia fair.

When gallant Cook from Albion sailed,                                                  To trace wide oceans o'er,                                              True British courage bore him on,                                                 Til he landed on our shore.                                          Then here he raised Old England's flag,                                                The standard of the brave;                                          "With all her faults we love her still"                                                 "Britannia rules the wave."                                           In joyful strains then let us sing                                                  Advance Australia fair.

While other nations of the globe

Behold us from afar,

We'll rise to high renown and shine

Like our glorious southern star;

From England soil and Fatherland,

Scotia and Erin fair,

Let all combine with heart and hand

To advance Australia fair.

In joyful strains then let us sing

Advance Australia fair

While other nations of the globe

Behold us from afar,

We'll rise to high renown and shine

Like our glorious southern star;

From England soil and Fatherland,

Scotia and Erin fair,

Let all combine with heart and hand

To advance Australia fair.

In joyful strains then let us sing

   Advance Australia fair.

Should foreign foe e'er sight our coast,

Or dare a foot to land,

We'll rouse to arms like sires of yore,

To guard our native strand;

Britannia then shall surely know,

Though oceans roll between,

Her sons in fair Australia's land

Still keep their courage green.

In joyful strains then let us sing

Advance Australia fair.

If you think thats bad, there is also the christian verse. Why did the people of Australia have to choose an extremely boring, British song. Since then though, some words have been changed for the good of Australia.