Australia, My Country ===================== w: Lenore Thornford (nom de plume of Lorna Gray) m: Bob Sorem, 2007 [Verse 1] Australia, my country, you lie bare and brown. The harsh drought has stolen the jewels from your crown. Where once there was green grass, there's only brown earth. I cry for your sickness, my country of birth. O Australia, my country of birth. [Verse 2] No sheep in the paddocks, no tall golden grain, no green grassy gullies, hot wind and no rain; no water that rushes past rocks in a creek and huge noble gumtrees are dying and weak. O Australia, my country of birth. [Verse 3] Australia, my country, where bushfires rage~ ignited by lightning as dry storms rampage; you nurture a people persistent and brave, with wry sense of humour when times are most grave. I cry for your sickness, my country, my country of birth.