Today cartoonist Michael Leunig challenged us to write a new national anthem. His 54-word limit is a bit too limiting. So the Snarky Platypus and I have penned (well, typed) a new National Anthem for Australia.
Won’t you now sing with us? We know you all know the tune…
“I am So an Aussie”
to the tune of Kylie Minogue’s I Should Be So Lucky
Music: Mike Stock / Matt Aitken / Pete Waterman
©1988
Lyrics: Stilgherrian / Snarky Platypus
©2008 All Rights Reserved
[1a:]
In our Big Aussie Nation
There is no complication;
We watch cricket on Australia Day.
In back yards, a celebration
While coal mines of the nation
Are emptied as we play.
[1b:]
In our Big Aussie Nation:
No Re-con-cilition;
We just steal all the Abos’ land.
They’re Dreaming!
They hope we’ll give it back,
But Howard’s health attack
Will soon put stop to you.
She’s right, mate. It’s True Blue
[CHORUS:]
I am so an Aussie,
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!
I am so an Aussie, maaaaate!
I am so an Aussie,
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!
I am so an Aussie, maaaaate!
[2a:]
It’s a crazy kind of nation:
We face quite bad inflation,
Yet all our ports and roads are crap.
We’re still buying great big plasmas,
Ignoring credit dramas.
The fantasy will soon cave in.
[2b:]
In our Big Aussie Nation
There’s no discrimination;
We walk together hand in hand —
C’ept Muslims!
They fill us all with fear
‘Cos none of them drink beer,
And praying’s all they do.
She’s right, mate. It’s True Blue
[CHORUS:]
[BRIDGE:]
I am so an Aussie (an Aussie, an Aussie).
I am so an Aussie.
I, I, (I, I)
I am so an Aussie (an Aussie, an Aussie).
I am so an Aussie,
I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I
[1b:]
[CHORUS:]
[repeat & fade]
Fabulous! Send it to Kev and see if he can get in implemented into the schools asap!
@Corey: Thanks for that. I must admit, this new National Anthem really does rock. It helps if you sing along to the original tune, an example of which you can (naturally) find on YouTube.
It’s stuck in my head! Love it!
Catchy! Pity you couldn’t have worked the word “girt” in there somewhere though.
And speaking of the national anthem… (yes more pimpin’)
@Alastair: “Girt” is, I agree, the best bit of our current dodgy anthem. Alas, it doesn’t quite fit the vibe of what we’ve achieved here.
I suppose as a South Australian who was actually born in Gawler, I should prefer The Song of Australia anyway.
There is A Certain Secret about this song, which will be revealed very, very soon.