An Aussie On Paper

I've decided to become an Aussie on paper but by my manner of speaking would you not agree
That i would not pass as a fair dinkum Aussie an Aussie on paper is all i can be
We all do belong to the greater human family and i am what you hear but not what you see
Whenever i open my mouth and start speaking none ever does say there's an Aussie in me

For twenty five years i have lived in this great Country the home of pittosporum and the gum tree
The home of the roo and emu and koala and the familiar birds who does call out pee wee
The home of the World's oldest race of people their culture long pre-dates written history
The Land that is home to people of all Nations that has become a safe haven to many a refugee

I was born in Millstreet in north Cork in Duhallow the home of the badger and silver back crow
I speak in the tongue of the Boggeragh ranges where River Finnow to the Blackwater flow
Of places i once loved the memories are fading from fields of my past i've been too long away
Many i grew up with have adult grandchildren i would feel a stranger in Millstreet today

I have grown to love this great Southern Country where many great people i have come to know
Most Aussie fair minded and believe on a fair go and respect for difference quite willingly show
A Land of opportunity for ambitious young people with wide open spaces for the adventurous kind
It is such a wonderful to live in Country any negatives about it would be hard to find

I've decided to become an Aussie on paper i am an Aussie on paper is a proud thing to say
Perhaps i will die in this Southern Country though far north of here i first saw light of day
I speak in the tongue of the Boggreragh Ranges an accent that will be with me till i die
An Aussie on paper is all that i can be for me to say differently would be a lie.