《And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda(Live)》歌词

歌曲： And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda(Live)

所属专辑：Looking For A Story

歌手： John Williamson

时长： 06:18

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And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda (Live) - John Williamson[00:00:00]

Written by：Eric Bogle[00:00:00]

When I was a young man I carried a pack[00:00:34]

I lived the free life of a rover[00:00:38]

From the murray's green basin till the dusty outback[00:00:42]

I waltzed my matilda right over[00:00:46]

Then in nineteen fifteen the country said son[00:00:51]

There's no time for roamin' there's work to be done[00:00:55]

And they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun[00:00:59]

And they sent me away to the war[00:01:05]

And the band played waltzing matilda[00:01:09]

As the ship pulled away from the quay[00:01:14]

And amidst all the cheers the flag waving and tears[00:01:18]

We set off for gallipoli[00:01:24]

How well I remember that terrible day[00:01:31]

When our blood stained the sand and the water[00:01:35]

And how in that hell that they called suvla bay[00:01:39]

We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter[00:01:44]

Johnny turkey was waiting he primed himself well[00:01:48]

Showered us with bullets and he rained us with shells[00:01:53]

And in five minutes flat well he blew us to hell[00:01:57]

He nearly blew us right back to australia[00:02:03]

And the band played waltzing matilda[00:02:07]

As we stopped to bury our slain[00:02:12]

We buried ours and the turks buried theirs[00:02:17]

Then we started all over again[00:02:22]

So those who were left just tried to survive[00:02:28]

In a mad world of blood and fire[00:02:33]

And for ten weary weeks I kept myself alive[00:02:37]

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

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

And when I awoke in the hospital bed[00:02:51]

I saw what it had done and I wished I was dead[00:02:55]

Then I knew there were worse things than dying[00:03:00]

And I'll go no more waltzing matilda[00:03:05]

All through the green bush far and free[00:03:09]

Coz to hunt and tent peg[00:03:14]

A man needs both legs[00:03:16]

No more waltzing matilda for me[00:03:19]

They collected the crippled the wounded the maimed[00:03:26]

Shipped us all back to australia[00:03:31]

The legless the armless the blind and insane[00:03:35]

The brave wounded heroes of suvla bay[00:03:40]

And as our ship pulled into circular quay[00:03:44]

I looked at the place where my legs used to be[00:03:49]

And I thanked christ there was nobody waiting for me[00:03:53]

To mourn and to grieve and to pity[00:03:59]

And the band played waltzing matilda[00:04:03]

As they carried us down the gangway[00:04:08]

Nobody cheered they just stood and stared[00:04:12]

Then turned all their faces away[00:04:18]

And now every april I sit on the porch[00:04:25]

As I watch the parade pass before me[00:04:29]

I see my old comerades how proudly they march[00:04:33]

Reviving old dreams and past glories[00:04:38]

But the old men march slowly bones stiff and sore[00:04:42]

Tired old men from a tired old war[00:04:47]

And the young people ask 'what are they marching for'[00:04:52]

And I ask myself the same question[00:04:57]

And the band played waltzing matilda[00:05:02]

As the old men still answer the call[00:05:06]

Year after year more old men disappear[00:05:11]

Soon none of them will march there at all[00:05:16]