《And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda》歌词

歌曲： And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

所属专辑：The Essential Irish Folk Collection

歌手： The Dubliners

时长： 06:20

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And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda (乐队演奏丛林流浪) - The Dubliners[00:00:00]

When I was a young man I carried me pack[00:00:04]

And I lived the free life of the rover[00:00:10]

From the Murray's green basin' to the dusty outback[00:00:16]

I waltzed my Matilda all over[00:00:21]

Then in 1915 my country said: Son [00:00:26]

It's time to stop rambling there's work to be done[00:00:32]

So they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun[00:00:38]

And they sent me away to the war[00:00:45]

And the band played Waltzing Matilda[00:00:50]

When the ship pulled away from the quay[00:00:56]

And amid all the tears flag waving and cheers[00:01:02]

We sailed off for Gallipoli[00:01:08]

It well I remember that terrible day[00:01:14]

When our blood stained the sand and the water[00:01:20]

And how in that hell they call Suvla Bay[00:01:26]

We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter[00:01:31]

Johnny Turk he was ready he primed himself well[00:01:36]

He rained us with bullets and he showered us with shell[00:01:42]

And in five minutes flat we were all blown to hell[00:01:48]

He nearly blew us back home to Australia[00:01:54]

And the band played Waltzing Matilda[00:02:00]

When we stopped to bury our slain[00:02:06]

Well we buried ours and the Turks buried theirs[00:02:11]

Then it started all over again[00:02:18]

Oh those that were living just tried to survive[00:02:24]

In that mad world of blood death and fire[00:02:30]

And for ten weary weeks I kept myself alive[00:02:35]

While around me the corpses piled higher[00:02:41]

Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over head[00:02:46]

And when I awoke in me hospital bed[00:02:52]

And saw what it had done I wished I was dead[00:02:57]

I never knew there was worse things than dying[00:03:03]

Oh no more I'll go Waltzing Matilda[00:03:09]

All around the green bush far and near[00:03:14]

For to hump tent and pegs a man needs both legs[00:03:20]

No more waltzing Matilda for me[00:03:27]

They collected the wounded the crippled the maimed[00:03:33]

And they shipped us back home to Australia[00:03:38]

The armless the legless the blind and the insane[00:03:44]

Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla[00:03:49]

And when the ship pulled into Circular Quay[00:03:55]

I looked at the place where me legs used to be[00:04:00]

And thank Christ there was no one there waiting for me[00:04:05]

To grieve and to mourn and to pity[00:04:13]

And the Band played Waltzing Matilda[00:04:18]

When they carried us down the gangway[00:04:24]

Oh nobody cheered they just stood there and stared[00:04:29]

Then they turned all their faces away[00:04:36]

Now every April I sit on my porch[00:04:42]

And I watch the parade pass before me[00:04:47]

I see my old comrades how proudly they march[00:04:53]

Renewing their dreams of past glories[00:04:58]

I see the old men all tired stiff and worn[00:05:04]

Those weary old heroes of a forgotten war[00:05:09]

And the young people ask "What are they marching for "[00:05:15]

And I ask myself the same question[00:05:21]

And the band plays Waltzing Matilda[00:05:27]

And the old men still answer the call[00:05:32]

But year after year their numbers get fewer[00:05:38]

Someday no one will march there at all[00:05:44]

Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda[00:05:51]

Who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me [00:05:56]

And their ghosts may be heard as they march by the billabong[00:06:01]

So who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me[00:06:06]