《And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda(1992 Digital Remaster)》歌词

歌曲： And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda(1992 Digital Remaster)

所属专辑：To Whom It May Concern

歌手： Slim Dusty

时长： 04:26

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When I was a young man an' carried a pack [00:00:02]

I lived the free life of the rover [00:00:08]

From the Murray's green banks to the dusty outback [00:00:12]

I waltzed my Matilda all over [00:00:18]

Then in 1915 the country said Son [00:00:22]

No time for roamin' there's work to be done [00:00:27]

And they gave me a tin hat they gave me a gun [00:00:31]

And they sent me away to the war [00:00:36]

And the band played Waltzing Matilda [00:00:41]

As our ship pulled away from the quay [00:00:45]

And amidst all the cheers the flag waving and tears [00:00:49]

We sailed off to Gallipoli [00:00:55]

How well I remember that terrible day [00:01:02]

When our blood stained the sand and the water [00:01:07]

And how in that hell that they call Suvla Bay [00:01:11]

We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter [00:01:17]

Johnny Turk he was waitin' he primed himself well [00:01:21]

Showered us with bullets and he rained us with shell [00:01:26]

And in ten seconds flat he'd blown us to hell [00:01:30]

Nea'ly blew us right back to Australia [00:01:36]

And the band played Waltzing Matilda [00:01:40]

When we stopped to bury the slain [00:01:45]

We buried our men the Turks buried theirs [00:01:50]

Then we started all over again [00:01:56]

They collected the crippled the wounded and maimed [00:02:03]

And they shipped us back home to Australia [00:02:08]

The armless the legless the blind and insane [00:02:13]

All the brave wounded heroes of Suvla [00:02:18]

And when our ship pulled into Circular Quay [00:02:23]

I looked at the place where my legs used to be [00:02:27]

I thanked Christ there was nobody waiting for me [00:02:31]

To grieve and to mourn and to pity [00:02:37]

But the band played Waltzing Matilda [00:02:42]

As they carried us down the gangway [00:02:46]

But nobody cheered they just stood and stared [00:02:51]

And then they turned their faces away [00:02:58]

And now every April I sit on my porch [00:03:04]

And I watch the parade pass before me [00:03:10]

And I see my old comrades how proudly they march [00:03:14]

Reliving old dreams of past glory [00:03:20]

But the old men march slowly their bones stiff and sore [00:03:24]

Tired old men from a tired old war [00:03:29]

And the young people ask What are they marching for [00:03:33]

I ask meself the same question [00:03:38]

But the band plays Waltzing Matilda [00:03:42]

And the old men they answer the call [00:03:47]

But year after year the old men disappear [00:03:51]

Soon no one will march there at all [00:03:58]