We're marching along, we're gath'ring strong' <br />We place on our right reliance, <br />We fling in the air, for all who care, <br />Our first loud notes of defiance! <br />We fling in the air, <br />For all who care, <br />Our first loud notes of defiance! <br /> <br />Laugh long and loud, you toady crowd, <br />At the men you call benighted, <br />In spite of your sneers, we are pioneers <br />Of "Australian States United"! <br />In spite of your sneers, We are pioneers <br />Of "Australian States United"! <br /> <br />Not long we'll stand as an outlaw band, <br />And be in our country lonely, <br />For soon to the sky shall ring our cry, <br />Our cry of "Australia only"! <br />For soon to the sky <br />Shall mount our cry, <br />Our cry of "Australia only"! <br /> <br />And we'll sleep sound in Australian ground, <br />'Neath the blue-cross flag star lighted, <br />When it freely waves o'er the grass-grown graves <br />Of the pioneers united! <br />When it floats and veers <br />O'er the pioneers <br />Of "Australian States United"!<br /><br />Henry Lawson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/republican-pioneers/
