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FEAR YE not the stormy future, for the Battle Hymn is strong, / And the armies of Australia shall not march without a song; / The glorious words and music of Australia's song shall come / When her true hearts rush together at the beating of a drum.
We may not be there to hear it -- 'twill be written in the night, / And Australia's foes shall fear it in the hour before the fight. / The glorious words and music from a lonely heart shall come / When our sons shall rush to danger at the beating of a drum.
He shall be unknown who writes it; he shall soon forgotten be, / But the song shall ring through ages as a song of liberty. / And I say the words and music of our battle hymn shall come, / When Australia wakes in anger at the beating of a drum.