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The grey gull sat on a floating whale	A
On a floating whale sat he	B
And he told his tale of the storm and the gale	A
And the ships that he saw with steam and sail	A
As he flew by the Northern Sea	B
I have seen a sign that is strange and new	C
That I never before did see	B
A flying ship that roared as it flew	C
The storm and the tempest driving through	C
It carried a flag and it carried a crew	C
Now what would that be said he	B
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And the flag was a Jack with stars displayed	D
A flag that is new to me	B
For it does not ply in the Northern trade	D
But it drove through the storm wrack unafraid	D
Now what is that flag said he	B
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I have seen that flag that is starred with white	E
Said a southern gull said he	B
And saw it fly in a bloody fight	E
When the raider Emden turned in flight	E
And crashed on the Cocos lee	B
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And who are these folk whose flag is first	F
Of all the flags that fly	G
To dare the storm and the fog accurst	F
Of the great North Sea where the bergs are nursed	F
And the Northern Lights ride high	G
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The Australian folk said a lone sea mew	C
The Australian flag said he	B
It is strange that a folk that is far and few	C
Should fly their flag where there never flew	C
Another flag said he	B
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I have followed their flag in the fields of France	H
With its white stars flying free	B
And no misfortune and no mischance	H
Could turn them back from their line of advance	H
Or the line that they held said he	B
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Whenever there's ever rule to break	I
Wherever they oughtn't to be	B
With a death to dare and a risk to take	I
A track to find or a way to make	I
You will find them there said he	B
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They come from a land that is parched with thirst	F
An inland land said he	B
On risk and danger their breed is nursed	F
And thus it happens their flag is first	F
To fly in the Northern Sea	B
	-
Though Hawker perished he overcame	J
The risks of the storm and the sea	B
And his name shall be written in stars of flame	J
On the topmost walls of the Temple of Fame	J
For the rest of the world to see	B

Banjo Paterson

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