Your children must attend a school that doesn't educate, On land that you believe you own, you pay a yearly rent,Īlthough you have no voice in choosing how the money's spent. Permits to start a business, or to build a place for one. You buy permits for everything, permits to own a gun, In this Australia, the land of the free and the home of the brave. Your freedom gone -your courage lost -you're no more than a slave, The freedom we secured for you, we hoped you'd always keep,īut tyrants laboured endlessly while your parents were asleep. This Australia, the land of the free and home of the brave. We valued our Federation, as a shield from tyranny.įor future generations, this legacy we gave, to We fought at Gallipoli, and other horrific places to secure liberty, He took off his slouch hat, and speaking low he said: His clothes were torn and dirty, as he stood there by my bed, I had a dream the other night, I'd like you to understand,Ī figure walking through the mist, with 303 in hand. Tom's sites include - and THE GHOST FROM FLANDERS FIELD Thanks to Tom, a usuryfree activist, for forwarding this thought provoking work. Of course you don't have to be Australian to appreciate the poetry. A poem written by Joe Bryant, an Australian who values freedom and who has made a proposal for a new Constitution in Australia, called the Alternative Three.
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