[Editor: This is the original version of “Advance Australia Fair” as written by Peter McCormick, using the pseudonym “Amicus” (Latin for “friend”); taken from the sheet music held by the National Library of Australia.]
2nd Edition.
Respectfully dedicated to the sons and daughters of Australia.
Advance Australia Fair
Patriotic song,
written and composed by
Amicus
Sung with great success by
Mr. Andrew Fairfax
Arranged as a solo, with pianoforte accompaniment and as a four part song.
Patriotic Song.
“Advance Australia Fair”
Written and Composed by “Amicus.”
Australian 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 nature’s gifts
Of beauty rich and rare;
In hist’ry’s page let every stage
Advance Australia fair.
In joyful strains then let us sing
Advance Australia fair.
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”
“Britannia rules the wave.”
In joyful strains then 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 English soil and Fatherland,
Scotia and Erin fair,
Let all combine with heart and hand
To Advance Australia fair.
In joyful strains then 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,
Though oceans roll between,
Her sons in fair Australia’s land
Still keep their courage green.
In joyful strains then let us sing
Advance Australia fair
Source:
Peter Dodds McCormick. “Advance Australia Fair: Patriotic song” [music] (2nd edition), Reading & Co., Sydney [1879?]
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