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 peopl 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