The 21st Century Schoolhouse

International Youth Environmental Summit

 

Song from Closing Ceremony

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I came from the dream time
From the dusty red soil plains
I am the ancient heart
The keeper of the flame
I stood upon the rocky shores
And watch the tall ships come
For forty thousand years
I've been the first Australian

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CHORUS

We are one
But we are many
And from all
The lands on earth we come
We share our dreams
And sing with one voice
I am
You are
We are Australian

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I came upon a prison ship
Bound down by iron chains
I cleared the land
Endured the lash
And waited for the rain
I'm a settler
I'm a farmer's wife
On a dry and barren run
I'm a convict
And a freeman
I became Australian

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CHORUS

We are one
But we are many
And from all
The lands on earth we come
We share our dreams
And sing with one voice
I am
You are
We are Australian

I am
You are
We are Japanese

I am
You are
We are South African

I am
You are
We are American

I am
You are
We are Brazilian

I am
You are
We are Israeli

I am
You are
We are the Future

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