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| John McDermott lyrics
And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda lyrics
Now when I was a young man and I carried my pack
and I lived the free life of the rover
From the Murray's green basin to the dusty out back
I waltzed my Matilda all over.
Then in 1915 my country said ";Son
It's time to stop rambling, there's work to be done";
And they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun
And they sent me away to the war.
And the band played Waltzing Matilda
As the ships pulled away from the quay
And amid all the tears, flag waving and cheers
We sailed off to Galipolli
And how I remember that terrible day
How our blood stained the sand and the water
And how in that hell that they called Suvla Bay
We were butchered like lambs to the slaughter.
Johnnie Turk was ready, oh he primed himself well
He rained us with bullets and he showered us with shell
And in five minutes flat we were all blown to hell
nearly blew us all back home to Australia.
But the band played Waltzing Matilda
as we stuck to bury our slain
We burned ours and the Turks buried theirs
and we started all over again
Those who were living just tried to survive
In a mad world of blood death and fire
And for ten weary weeks, I kept myself alive
While around me the corpses piled higher
Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over head
And when I awoke in my hospital bed
And saw what it had done and I wished I was dead
Never knew there were worse things than dying
For no more I'll go Waltzing Matilda
All round the green bush far and near
For to hump tent and pegs a man needs both legs
No more Waltzing Matilda for me.
They collected the crippled, the wounded, the maimed
And they shipped us back home to Australia
The armless, the legless, the blind, the insane
Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla
And as our ship pulled in to Circular Key
And I looked at the place where my legs used to be
I thanked Christ there was no one there waiting for me
To grieve and to mourn and to Pity
And the band played Waltzing Matilda
as they carried us down the gangway
But nobody cheered, they just stood there and stared
And turned all their faces away
So now every April, I sit on my porch
And I watch the parade pass before me
And I see my old comrades, how proudly they march
Renewing their dreams of past glory
I see the old men all tired, stiff and sore
The weary old heroes of a forgotten war
And the young people ask ";What are they marching for?";
And I ask myself the same question
And the band played Waltzing Matilda
And the old men still answer the call
But year after year, the numbers get fewer
Some day none will march there at all
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
Who'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me
And their ghosts may be heard as they march by the billabong
Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me.
Other John McDermott lyrics:
Instrumental Medley 1 lyrics
Gesu Bambino lyrics
Panis Angelicus lyrics
Ave Maria lyrics
What Child is This lyrics
Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming lyrics
O Holy Night lyrics
Instrumental Medley 2 lyrics
O Little Town of Bethlehem lyrics
The Holly and the Ivy lyrics
Silent Night lyrics
Somewhere a Child is Sleeping lyrics
Old Tin Star lyrics
Christmas Memories lyrics
The Secret of Christmas lyrics
Suo Gan lyrics
Ye Banks and Braes of Bonnie Doon lyrics
One Last Cold Kiss lyrics
The Bard of Armaugh lyrics
Mother Machree lyrics
Fairwell to Pripchat lyrics
The Skye Boat Song lyrics
My Love is Like a Red Red Rose lyrics
The Massacre of Glencoe lyrics
The Dutchman lyrics
The Parting Glass lyrics
She Moved thro' the Fair lyrics
The Metting of the Waters lyrics
The Old Man lyrics
Amazing Grace lyrics
Lachin Y Gair lyrics
No change in Me lyrics
Sonny's Dream lyrics
Hello in There lyrics
Natives lyrics
Guardian Angel lyrics
Friend like you lyrics
Never Be the Sun lyrics
Voyage lyrics
Here, There and Everywhere lyrics
When You and I were Young, Maggie lyrics
Mary of Argyle lyrics
Oh Rowan Tree lyrics
Steal Away lyrics
The Green Isle of Erin lyrics
The Mountains of Mourne lyrics
The Last Rose of Summer (another version) lyrics
My Bonnie lyrics
Wild Mountain Thyme lyrics
The Spanish Lady lyrics
Galway Bay lyrics
The Cliffs of Dooneen lyrics
The Fields of Athenry lyrics
The Harp That Once lyrics
The Spinningwheel lyrics
Annie Laurie lyrics
Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms lyrics
Flow Gently Sweet Afton lyrics
Barbara Allan lyrics
The Lark in the Clear Air lyrics
Kathleen lyrics
When I Grow Too Old To Dream lyrics
My Ain Folk lyrics
Bluebells of Scotland lyrics
Scotland For Ever (Scotland the Brave) lyrics
The Green Fields of France lyrics
By Yon Bonnie Banks lyrics
Danny Boy lyrics
The Last Rose of Summer lyrics
The Old House lyrics
The Rose of Tralee lyrics
The Sun is Burning lyrics
Christmas in the Trenches lyrics
Auld Lang Syne lyrics
Danny Boy (A Cappella) lyrics
The Faded Coat of Blue lyrics
The Minstrel Boy lyrics
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