I can only remember bits and not in any order (except first and last verses) - sorry: FirstIf you sail around Australia There's a coast of barren stone Where once the heathen Aboriginies In ignorance did roam We saw them naked, called them savages Passing fire from hand to hand Saw them fish, but we were farmers Saw their fertile land Sometimes a passing whaler put in Took a black girl for some sport With the settlers came the preachers Soldiers to the fort LastIf you sail around Australia There's a coast of barren stone Where once the [word forgotten] Aboriginies In true innocence did roam The chorus is for most verses: England's power and glory In our name was this done In the name of the bible and the gun And for the last verse: England's power and glory To our shame was this done In the name of the bible and the gun There's more, but memory fails.......
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