《And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda》歌词

歌曲： And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

所属专辑：Danny Boy

歌手： John McDermott

时长： 08:10

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Now when I was a young man and I carried my pack [00:00:08]

And I lived the free life of the rover [00:00:14]

From the Murray's green basin to the dusty out back [00:00:21]

I waltzed my Matilda all over [00:00:28]

Then in 1915 my country said Son [00:00:34]

It's time to stop rambling there's work to be done [00:00:41]

And they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun [00:00:48]

And they sent me away to the war [00:00:56]

And the band played Waltzing Matilda [00:01:03]

As the ships pulled away from the quay [00:01:10]

And amid all the tears flag waving and cheers [00:01:17]

We sailed off to Galipolli [00:01:26]

And how I remember that terrible day [00:01:33]

How our blood stained the sand and the water [00:01:40]

And how in that hell that they called Suvla Bay [00:01:47]

We were butchered like lambs to the slaughter [00:01:53]

Johnnie Turk was ready oh he primed himself well [00:02:00]

He rained us with bullets and he showered us with shell [00:02:07]

And in five minutes flat we were all blown to hell [00:02:14]

Nearly blew us all back home to Australia [00:02:22]

But the band played Waltzing Matilda [00:02:29]

As we stuck to bury our slain [00:02:36]

We burned ours and the Turks buried theirs [00:02:43]

And we started all over again [00:02:51]

Those who were living just tried to survive [00:02:59]

In a mad world of blood death and fire [00:03:06]

And for ten weary weeks I kept myself alive [00:03:12]

While around me the corpses piled higher [00:03:19]

Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over head [00:03:26]

And when I awoke in my hospital bed [00:03:33]

And saw what it had done and I wished I was dead [00:03:39]

Never knew there were worse things than dying [00:03:49]

For no more I'll go Waltzing Matilda [00:03:55]

All round the green bush far and near [00:04:02]

For to hump tent and pegs a man needs both legs [00:04:09]

No more Waltzing Matilda for me [00:04:17]

They collected the crippled the wounded the maimed [00:04:25]

And they shipped us back home to Australia [00:04:32]

The armless the legless the blind the insane [00:04:39]

Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla [00:04:46]

And as our ship pulled in to Circular Key [00:04:53]

And I looked at the place where my legs used to be [00:04:59]

I thanked Christ there was no one there waiting for me [00:05:06]

To grieve and to mourn and to Pity [00:05:15]

And the band played Waltzing Matilda [00:05:22]

As they carried us down the gangway [00:05:29]

But nobody cheered they just stood there and stared [00:05:36]

And turned all their faces away [00:05:44]

So now every April I sit on my porch [00:05:52]

And I watch the parade pass before me [00:05:59]

And I see my old comrades how proudly they march [00:06:05]

Renewing their dreams of past glory [00:06:12]

I see the old men all tired stiff and sore [00:06:19]

The weary old heroes of a forgotten war [00:06:28]

And the young people ask What are they marching for [00:06:33]

And I ask myself the same question [00:06:42]

And the band played Waltzing Matilda [00:06:49]

And the old men still answer the call [00:06:56]

But year after year the numbers get fewer [00:07:03]

Some day none will march there at all [00:07:11]

Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda [00:07:21]

Who'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me [00:07:31]

And their ghosts may be heard as they march by the billabong [00:07:39]

Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me [00:07:49]