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What�s happened to this country?
The one we all had known,
This country called Australia,
The place that I call home.
I was taught of Australian�s working,
To earn their daily bread,
But now it seems they choose to,
Hold out their hands instead.
For once it was the attitude,
That we�d give anything a �whack�
But just like all around me now,
It�s more like �Up yours Jack.�
I was taught to love this country,
And sing songs written by likes of Banjo,
So all could see I was Australian,
No matter where I�d go.
Drovers we do see no more,
Nor Bushmen of days of old,
For they are in the past now,
And their trails have all gone cold.
Family needs have done a turnaround,
As it�s no longer one of need,
But it seems they�re on a direction,
Of a thing that I call greed.
Parents are both working,
To meet the rising costs,
As their children wander �round in circles,
As if forever lost.
So our children seem lost for their future,
And they turn to drugs and drink,
The more they�ve gone in that direction,
The less they seem to think.
There was a time not long ago,
When we all stood proud as one,
But sadly the truth just seems to be,
That those days are forever gone.
We�ve invited many people,
To live in this country,
But those things that I see happen,
Leads me to ask of their loyalty.
So what�s happened to this country?
And why did we let these things materialize?
The only thing that I can say to that,
Is we sadly closed our eyes.
We should have seen it coming,
But it�s not too late to go back,
Back to what we used to be,
And follow the right track.
Give our children a direction,
Support this country that is ours,
But put it off no longer,
Begin to do it now.
So let�s stand proud and tall together,
And all be Australian,
So once more the world will hear us,
And the strains of Banjo�s song.
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Dark Blue Knight
26th October 2005
All Rights Reserved
�Whack� = Have a go.
�Up Yours Jack� = I don�t care.
Your problem, not mine.
�Drover� = Cowboy
�Banjo� = Banjo Patterson,
Author of Waltzing Matilda.
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