From this coalesced formation,
Pressure on primeval tree.
Coal built this mighty nation!
Settlers disembarkation,
Who did not know what would be,
From this coalesced formation.
Leading edge, industrialisation,
Hard won black gold was the key.
Coal built this mighty nation!
Bunkering, expansion,
Victoria’s empire built by sea,
From this coalesced formation.
Belching towers, generation,
Steam and then electricity.
Coal built this mighty nation!
Unbounded by imagination,
Who knows what could be?
From this coalesced formation
Coal built this mighty nation!