Australia's National Anthem

For those wanting to know the first ones words are as follows...
When gallant Cook from Albion sailed,
To trace wide oceans o”er ,
True British courage bore him on,
Til he landed on our shore.
Then here he raised Old England’s Flag,
The standard of the brave,
With all her faults we love her still ,
Brittania rules the wave.
In joyful strains then let us sing ,
Advance Australia fair,
From England soil and Fatherland , Scotia and Erin fair,
Let all combine with heart and hand ,
To advance Australia fair.


Original of 1878.

JS.

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Originally Posted by Victoria Moss

I like the song by the "Seakers" about "We are one". A really good song make a far better anthem all up than tinkering with the one we have... They wrote that song decades ago, has been played a lot out here during the pandemic.
Ducking now to avoid incoming LOL

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Victoria, so many national anthems are nothing more than a dirge, listen to some from the African nations.
An anthem should be stiring ours is in my opinion not.
Prefer the USA or French ones, they have a bit more up and go.
I hear Judith sing 'Australia land for today' on the day the new stand was opened at the MCG, Pakistan beat England in the world cup one day final that day.
Very good song which sums it up far better.

I still like the old South African one called Die Stem. Translated the words are good!
Cheers

During this period, South Africa's national anthem was " Die Stem van Suid-Afrika ", also known as "Die Stem", an Afrikaans language song that chronicled the Voortrekkers and their " Great Trek ". "Die Stem" is a poem written by C. J. Langenhoven in 1918 and was set to music by the Reverend Marthinus Lourens de Villiers in 1921.


THE CALL OF SOUTH AFRICA

Ringing out from our blue heavens, from our deep seas breaking round;
Over everlasting mountains where the echoing crags resound;
From our plains where creaking waggons cut their trails into the earth Calls
the spirit of our Country, of the land that gave us birth.
At thy call we shall not falter, firm and steadfast we shall stand,
At thy will to live or perish, O South Africa, dear land.

In our body and our spirit, in our inmost heart held fast;
In the promise of our future and the glory of our past;
In our will, our work, our striving, from the cradle to the grave
There's no land that shares our loving, and no bond that can enslave.
Thou hast borne us and we know thee. May our deeds to all proclaim
Our enduring love and service to thy honour and thy name.

In the golden warmth of summer, in the chill of winter's air,
In the surging life of springtime, in the autumn of despair;
When the wedding bells are chiming or when those we love depart,
Thou dost know us for thy children and dost take us to thy heart.
Loudly peals the answering chorus: We are thine, and we shall stand,
Be it life or death, to answer to thy call, beloved land.

In Thy power, Almighty, trusting, did our fathers build of old;
Strengthen then, O Lord, their children to defend, to love, to hold -
That the heritage they gave us for our children yet may be:
Bondsmen only to the Highest and before the whole world free.
As our fathers trusted humbly, teach us, Lord, to trust Thee still :
Guard our land and guide our people in Thy way to do Thy will.

S.A. for some reason i always placed the wild colonial boy in line for their Anthem. The same as most think Australias is camping by a billabong under the shade of some old tree . I"ll bet in Britain today half the population dont know the words to their own National Anthem, it was taken out of the school teaching agenda years ago the same as a lot of other things. The English language itself could do with a good shake up to younger people. Its only the mobiles that they carry that keeps them able to communicate. we get a lot of the UK quiz shows here and am sometimes shocked by middle aged people not known the likes of who was Britains wartime prime minister. So history as we knew it is also lacking. JS

It has always puzzled me Wales is never mentioned in most things.
No!!! pleas don't answer!!!\Des

Des - Joseph Jenkins, Jolly Swagman.

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryU...Jolly-Swagman/

John, the Wild colonial boy, very popular In Ireland played at all good watering hole son a Saturday night.

Waltzing Matilda is still questionable as to who wrote it.
Banjo was credited with it but there is evidence the words were written by a 'Swaggie' and all, Banjo did was put music to it.
The music is also a bit of a mystery.
In the late 80's a hidden part of Rochester Cathedral in Kent was opened.
In there a musical script historians claim was written around the time of Henry 8.
A version of it can be found in Scottish music and it is claimed Banjo used this to fit with the words.

Think you have jumbled up the "The Bold Fusilier" (also known as "Marching through Rochester") theory.

K.

As it happened I was in London the day it was announced about the opening of the crypt in Rochester Cathedral.
As I had owned a pub near there at one time I took additional interest in all that was going on.
There is no confusion about the matter.

Took our Daughter to Rochester when on a visit, as my wife comes from Gravesend looked like just a ruin to me.
Des