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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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