We're All Boat People"
(~ a gentle history lesson / social commentary for Australians ~)

by Paul Lawler

The rain on the Ark went pitter-pat
There’s one more river to cross
Noah got stuck on Ararat
There’s one more river to cross

Chorus
We’re all boat people
We’re all boat people together
We’re all boat people
There’s one more river to cross

Way back in 1493
Columbus hit the West Indies

Magellan in 1521
Circumnavigation ( sir - cum - navvy - gay - shy - on )

Sir Francis Drake - new lands to find
Floated away on the Golden Hind

Tasman was Abel company
He had a mania for the sea

1770 ropes belayed
Anchored Cook in Botany Bay


alternative ending, depending upon your audience!!
The **Liberal Government’s full o’pricks
Take them o’er the River Styx


**of course this refers to the political Liberal Party down in Oz!!

Paul Lawler, 2002

He based his chune on "One More River to Cross" (NO, not the gospel number!!) This here is the closest I have found to that which he sang (as I have no recording :( and strangely, very few sing this particular melody (but it's also the one I recall from my childhood) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0dk-cv1Cy8




Cheers, R-J