When the convicts arrived in Australia

The soldiers didn't have a lot to do

So for entertainment they made the convicts dance

While the soldiers piped a tune

It was the British domination quickstep

Quick step up your work, listen to the beat

They've got the power in their hands

And the load off their feet

100 years later, the governor was still on his seat

The people were farming and mining

The cockies ate the chaff

While the squatters ate the wheat

Two World Wars later, Rule Britannia began to die

Pig Iron Bob rocked the cradle

Yankee Doodle was the nation's lullaby

It's the yankee domination quickstep

Quick step up your work, listen to the beat

They've got the power in their hands

And the load off their feet

It's now the foreign domination quickstep

Quick step up your work, listen to the beat

They've got the power in their hands

And the load off their feet