Don't worry about the second verse. You don't need to know it.ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR
Australians all 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 history’s page, let every stage
Advance Australia Fair.In joyful strains then let us sing,
Advance Australia Fair.
But teachers, really! Learn the correct words and teach them to the kids! Line 6 begins with the word 'of'. Not 'our' like the previous two lines. In three of the schools I teach in, the kids all get this wrong. It's never been corrected because the teachers are singing it wrong too. Peter McCormick would turn over in his grave. Respect, people, respect!
[This is how my patriotism expresses itself. Not in silly flag waving.]
You need to know the 2nd verse at our school! Seriously.
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ReplyDelete*I* know the second verse :P
ReplyDeleteMy 21st party was Australian themed. We had a trivia game and one question was "what's the first line of the second verse of 'Advance Australia Fair'?" I won that question.
While we're on the topic of getting words right in patriotic verse, how about the Ode of Remembrance? There's a commonly mis-recited line in that- "nor the years condemn". The real word is "contemn", not "condemn".
Actually, after having done a quick search on it, it appears there is debate regarding the condemn/contemn issue :)
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