《And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda》歌词

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

[00:00:05] And I lived the free life of a rover

[00:00:10] From the murrays green basin to the dusty outback

[00:00:15] I waltzed my matilda all over

[00:00:19] Then in nineteen fifteen my country said son

[00:00:24] It's time to stop rambling cause there's work to be done

[00:00:29] So they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun

[00:00:33] And they sent me away to the war

[00:00:38] And the band played waltzing matilda

[00:00:43] As we sailed away from the quay

[00:00:47] And amidst all the tears and the shouts and the cheers

[00:00:53] We sailed off to gallipoli

[00:00:58] How well I remember that terrible day

[00:01:03] The blood stained the sand and the water

[00:01:08] And how in that hell that they called suvla bay

[00:01:13] We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter

[00:01:18] Johnny turk he was ready he primed himself well

[00:01:23] He us with bullets he rained us with shells

[00:01:28] And in five minutes flat he'd blown us all to hell

[00:01:33] Nearly blew us right back to australia

[00:01:39] But the band played waltzing matilda

[00:01:44] As we stopped to bury our slain

[00:01:48] And we buried ours and the turks buried theirs

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

[00:01:58] Now those try to survive

[00:02:03] In mad world of blood death and fire

[00:02:08] And for weeks I kept myself alive

[00:02:13] Around me they cought hear

[00:02:18] Then a big turkish shell knocked me arse over tit

[00:02:23] And when I woke up in my hospital bed

[00:02:27] And saw what it had done I wished I was dead

[00:02:33] Never knew there were worse things than dying

[00:02:39] No more I'll go waltzing matilda

[00:02:44] The green far and near

[00:02:48] For to hump tent and pegs a man needs two legs

[00:02:54] No more waltzing matilda for me

[00:02:59] So they collected the cripples the wounded maimed

[00:03:04] And they shipped us back home to australia

[00:03:09] The blind insane the young bluse black down thing

[00:03:14] Those proud wounded heroes of suvla­­­

[00:03:18] And as our ship pulled into circular quay

[00:03:22] I looked at the place where legs used to be

[00:03:27] And thank christ there was nobody waiting for me

[00:03:33] To grieve and to mourn and to pity

[00:03:39] And the band played waltzing matilda

[00:03:44] As they carried us down the gangway

[00:03:48] But nobody cheered they just stood and stared

[00:03:54] Turned all their faces away

[00:03:59] And now every april I sit on my porch

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

[00:04:09] And now my old comrades how proudly they march

[00:04:14] Reliving dreams of past glory

[00:04:19] New men much slowly you bunch handsome

[00:04:24] The forgotten heroes a forgotten war

[00:04:29] And the young people ask what are they marching for

[00:04:33] And I ask myself the same question

[00:04:39] And the band plays waltzing matilda

[00:04:44] And the old men answer to the call

[00:04:48] But year after year their numbers get fewer

[00:04:54] Some day no one will march there at all

[00:05:01] Waltzing matilda waltzing matilda

[00:05:07] Who'll a-waltzing matilda with me

[00:05:14] And their ghosts may be heard as they march by the billabong

[00:05:22] So who'll come a-waltzing matilda with me