Alternative national anthem, to the tune of 'Advance Australia Fair'

Anne Roberts
June 8, 2007
Issue 
713
Culture

Australians all, let us rejoiceFor we are girt by seaWhich makes it very difficultFor would-be refugees,If any of them make it here<197> and it's not a lot <197>We lock them upAnd send them offSomewhere that's very hotWe lock them upAnd send them offSomewhere that's very hot

@poetry = We've cut bits off our countrySo if "boat people" land thereThey haven't reached AustraliaThey are not anywhereBut if any of them make it here<197> and it's not a lot <197>We lock them upAnd send them offSomewhere that's very hotWe lock them upAnd send them offSomewhere that's very hot

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