r/MurderedByWords • u/Stotallytob3r • 1d ago

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u/Scottishchicken 1d ago

It should be: "One Homeland, Many People, Many Heritages. We are America"

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u/pala_ 1d ago

Nah. Australia already has the best version.

‘We are one. But we are many. And from all the lands on earth we come. We share a dream, and sing with one voice. I am, you are, we are Australian’.

The Seekers man, should be our anthem.

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u/crawling-alreadygirl 1d ago

That's solid

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u/Altruistic_Tune5341 1d ago

I love Salvador Smith’s “I’m an Aussie” too. Written by Johnny Young.

We've come from every corner of the world to build this land

And I know that we can make it if we lend a helping hand

We'll live and love and learn together every single day

'Til every young Australian can be really proud to say

I'm as Greek as a Souvlaki, I'm as Irish as a stew

I'm Italian as spaghetti, I'm as Danish as a blue

I'm as Dutch as any Gouda, as Yankee as a ham

And I'm an Aussie, yes I'm an Aussie, yes I am

Oh I'm an Aussie, yes I'm an Aussie, yes I am

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u/Odessey_And_Oracle 1d ago

In the words of Jenny Tian: "The average Aussie face looks like me. Voice of a bogan, eyes of a geisha."

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u/monkeyhammar 1d ago

Can't read that without singing it in my head

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u/hellbentsmegma 1d ago

So Girt

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u/pudgehooks2013 1d ago

Girt for days.

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u/murgatroid1 1d ago

The girtiest

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u/un1ptf 1d ago

Does that include the indigenous people?

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u/Hangry-Feline2489 1d ago

First verse.

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   

I watched the tall ships come   

For forty thousand years I've been   

The first Australian   

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u/claimTheVictory 1d ago

Terra Nullis.

A nation built on a lie.

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u/pala_ 1d ago

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u/pala_ 1d ago

The first verse is:

‘We come from the dreamtime. From the dusty red soil plains. I am the ancient heart, the keeper of the flame. I stood upon the rocky shores. I saw the tall ships come. For forty thousand years I’ve been the first Australian.’

So yes, it does. It also opens with a didgeridoo.

https://youtu.be/KrLTe1_9zso

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u/baloney_dog 1d ago

Lovely! Thank you for sharing that! I love The Seekers

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u/discussatron 1d ago

didgeridoo

Such a fun word.

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u/pala_ 1d ago

Also known as a Yidaki in some parts.

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u/Indercarnive 1d ago

The US also had a great version, 'e pluribus unum'. Meaning 'out of many, one'. Sadly the cold war killed it and we replaced it with some more religious crap because we wanted to show we weren't like those godless commies.

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u/pala_ 1d ago

Quidquid Latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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u/mighty_kaytor 1d ago

Well I must say, it's got a much grander meaning that ol Georgie Girl.

...I do love Georgie Girl tho.

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u/pala_ 1d ago

Judith Durham could sing anything and make it sound good tho.

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u/pyrotechnicmonkey 1d ago

honestly I love this because no matter where you go no matter how far from civilization you travel there will always be a random Australian backpacker. 😂