I come from a land down under
Cette chanson est LA chanson australienne par excellence, les australiens en ont même fait leur unofficial anthem (hymne non-officiel). Vous la connaissez sûrement (sans y avoir plus prêté attention par ailleurs) c’est une chanson du groupe Men at work longtemps numéro 1 dans les charts dans les 80s. Apres le succès phénoménal de la chanson, le terme « down under » fut repris pour designer un australien …

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Traveling in a fried-out combie
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie
I met a strange lady, she made me nervous
She took me in and gave me breakfast
And she said,

"Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."

Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six foot four and full of muscles
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich
And he said,

"I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."

Lying in a den in Bombay
With a slack jaw, and not much to say
I said to the man, "Are you trying to tempt me
Because I come from the land of plenty?"
And he said,

"Oh! Do you come from a land down under? (oh yeah yeah)
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."