Southern Son

Two hundred years ago they came in ships

With words of loathin' hanging off their lips

Cast out from the country of their birth

Transported here to the end of the earth

Their natural lives

Here under southern skies

I'm a southern son

And I'm proud to be one

Workin' in the heat till the day is done

I was born to this land

And I'll make my stand

Its in my blood

Oh I'm a southern son

They pushed the rail across the great divide

And in this arid land they lived and died

The settlers followed to the great unknown

Their children called this southern land their home

Dreams were won and lost

Under the Southern Cross

I'm a southern son

And I'm proud to be one

Workin' in the heat till the day is done

I was born to this land

And I'll make my stand

Its in my blood

Oh I'm a southern son

From the golden beaches to the desert sand

We hold the future in our own hands

We'll right the wrongs in the land of the free

We'll be the masters of our destiny

Freedom for every man

Here in this southern land

I'm a southern son

And I'm proud to be one

Workin' in the heat till the day is done

I was born to this land

And I'll make my stand

Its in my blood

I'm a southern son