ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR
AUSTRALIA
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 God’s good gifts of beauty rich and rare;
In history’s page, let every stage advance Australia fair!
God save our Queen, and let us sing, advance Australia fair!
When gallant Cook from Albion sailed, to trace wide oceans o’er,
True British courage bore him on, till he landed on our shore;
Then here he raised old Britain’s flag, the standard of the brave;
With all her faults we love her still: Britannia rules the wave!
God save our Queen, and let us sing, advance Australia fair!
Beneath our radiant Southern Cross, we’ll toil with hearts and hands,
To make this Commonwealth of our’s renowned of all the lands;
Loyal Sons beyond the seas, we’ve boundless plains to share;
With courage let us all combine to advance Australia fair!
God save our Queen, and 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, Scotia, Erin’s Isle, who’ve come our lot to share:
Let all combine with heart and hand to advance Australia fair!
God safe our Queen, and 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, beyond wide ocean’s roll,
Her sons in fair Australia’s land still keep a British soul!
God save our Queen, and let us sing, advance Australia fair!
With Christ our Head and Corner-Stone, we’ll build our nation’s might;
Whose way, and truth, and light alone can guide our path aright.
Our lives, a sacrifice of love, reflect our Master’s care;
With faces turned to Heaven above: advance Australia fair!
God save our Queen, and let us sing, advance Australia fair!
Amen.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
