I am Rhodesian!

(My special thanks to Bruce Woodley for original lyrics. I used them with great care)

I came from the starry skyes
from the grassy sunny plain
I'm Zimbabwe Ancient Bird
that keeps my country flame
I stood on Lake Kariba shore
I watched the gale winds come
and for million years I always been
the first Rhodesian

I came on with Cecil Rhodes
I led them wagon trains
I mined the gold, I worked the land
and waited for the rains
I'm a settler, I'm a farmer
That greets the morning sun
I'm a pioneer and proud to be
a new Rhodesian

I'm the miner's daughter
my daddy's worked the lode
and I became a woman
on a long and dusty road
I saw depression fall upon
I saw the good times come
I'm a mushi, I'm chaeewa
I am Rhodesian

We are one, but we are many
and from all the lands on earth we come
We share a dream, and sing with one voice -
I am
You are
We are Rhodesian!

I cheered the Independence
and answered call to arms
I fought against Mugabe
to save my brother's farms
I jumped from the choppers
and made them fighters run
I'm a troopie, I 'm a scout
I am Rhodesian

I'm the hot sun of the desert
I'm the Lake Kariba squalls
I am Zambezi River
and the great Victoria Falls
I am the Eastern highlands
I make the rivers run
ahe spirit of the great land
I am Rhodesian

We are one, but we are many
and from all the lands on earth we come
We share a dream, and sing with one voice -
I am
You are
We are RHODESIAN!