The Group N Anthem

Written and performed October 18th 2002 to the tune of "I Still Call Australia Home".

Now we've all seen cities that never close down
Madrid, Barcelona and old Roma Town

Well thanks to Ruby and Edgar her groom
some of us started our Pilgrimage in her living room

We've visited shines and sang songs of praise
we've all made new friendships to last all our days

We've struggled with languages, it's been quite a scream
inspired as we have by the multi-lingual Tery Breen

There's Harry and young James we've hugged and held tight
with children like these, our future looks bright

And who'll forget Paola, our fine Roman guide
with her Bigg-a and a Bett-a we laughed till we cried

There's the trusty Adela with microphone in hand
with tales of St Josemaria and of his native land

We've been very fortunate, it came as a shock,
with a Bishop and a Padre to tender our flock

And what of our Jane, now she needs a gong
queen of karaoke and our leader in song

And hooray! for Carmen, now she knows the lingo
we all reckon she knows the Spanish for dingo

And then there's Lindsay, with camera in hand
recording and shooting every inch of this land

And as for Liz Phegan, she sure doesn't dally
bowling in Pamplona, she burned up the alley

And there's Margaret Tilden, we reckon perhaps,
she's broken the record for doing bus laps

And then the Millares, our own family group
We've shared with them cornflakes, veal, chips and much soup

There's Leo and Maria, Helen and Pete
Methinks they always grabbed the same seats

There may be Two Ronnies, but we've got the Two Caths
like them we await Navarre's Faculty of Maths

There's Leon from Queensland, a long way from home
We're with her in prayer, so she's never alone

And here's to ML, who rules the style scene
in fabulous outfits of both red and green

There's Madeline and Antoinette who now head off to France,
Those young men will queue up and beg for a dance

There's Florita, two Marias, Josephine and Co.,
there's Maria-Victoria and Geronimo

There's Ann Marie Hoare and we all dips our lids
she looks much too young to have all those kids

There's Emilia, Marciana and Tassie's Margaret
with them we've been places we'll never forget

Well, Andreas our driver, we call him El Scrapo
we get in tight corners and then we escapo!

Let's hear it for Melissa, the Queen of the Bus
We're sure she'll be glad to see the back end of us!

So we've seen many places and we're smiling because,
no matter how good, it's better in 'Oz!!!