《And The Band Played Waltzing Mathilda》歌词

[00:00:00] And The Band Played Waltzing Mathilda - Johnny Logan

[00:00:01] Composed by：BOGLE

[00:00:06] When I was a young man I carried my pack

[00:00:13] And I lived the free life of a rover

[00:00:18] From the Murrays green basin

[00:00:22] To the dusty outback

[00:00:25] I waltzed my Matilda all over

[00:00:31] Then in nineteen fifteen my country said son

[00:00:37] It's time to stop rambling

[00:00:40] There's work to be done

[00:00:43] So they gave me a tin hat

[00:00:47] And they gave me a gun

[00:00:50] And they sent me away to the war

[00:00:56] And the band played Waltzing Matilda

[00:01:02] When the sailed boat away from the quay

[00:01:09] And amidst all the tears

[00:01:12] The falg wave and cheers

[00:01:17] We sailed off to Gallipoli

[00:01:23] Well I remember that terrible day

[00:01:29] And our blood stained the sand and the water

[00:01:35] And how in that hell

[00:01:38] We called Suvla Bay

[00:01:42] We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter

[00:01:48] Johnny Turk he was ready

[00:01:51] He primed himself well

[00:01:54] He rained us with bullets

[00:01:57] He shoued us with shells

[00:02:00] And in five minutes flat

[00:02:03] We are all blown to hell

[00:02:06] Nearly blew us back home to Australia

[00:02:12] And the band played Waltzing Matilda

[00:02:19] When we stopped to bury our slain

[00:02:26] We buried ours and they buried theirs

[00:02:33] And it started all over again

[00:02:40] Now those that were liveing

[00:02:43] Just tried to survive

[00:02:46] In a mad world of blood

[00:02:48] Death and fire

[00:02:52] And for ten weary weeks

[00:02:55] I kept myself alive

[00:02:58] But around me the corpses piled higher

[00:03:04] Then a big Turkish shell

[00:03:07] Knocked me arse over haed

[00:03:11] And when I woke up in my hospital bed

[00:03:17] I saw what it had done

[00:03:20] I wished I was dead

[00:03:23] I never knew there were worse things than dying

[00:03:30] No more I'll go waltzing Matilda

[00:03:36] All around the green bush far and near

[00:03:42] For to hump tent and pegs

[00:03:45] A man needs both legs

[00:03:50] No more waltzing Matilda for me

[00:03:56] They collected the wounded

[00:03:59] The cripples the maimed

[00:04:02] And they shipped us back home to Australia

[00:04:09] The armless the legless

[00:04:12] The blind the insane

[00:04:15] Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla

[00:04:21] When the ship

[00:04:23] It pulled into circular quay

[00:04:27] I looked at the place

[00:04:30] Where my legs used to be

[00:04:33] And thank Christ

[00:04:35] There was no one there waiting for me

[00:04:40] To grieve and to mourn and to pity

[00:04:46] And the band played Waltzing Matilda

[00:04:52] When they carried us down the gangway

[00:04:59] Nobody cheered they just stood there and stared

[00:05:07] Then they turned all their faces away

[00:05:13] Now every april I sit on my porch

[00:05:19] And I watch the parade pass before me

[00:05:25] I see my old comrades

[00:05:29] How proudly they march

[00:05:32] I knowing there dreams of past glory

[00:05:38] I see the old men

[00:05:41] All tried stiff and warm

[00:05:44] Those worry old heroes

[00:05:47] Oh the forgotten war

[00:05:50] And the young people ask

[00:05:53] What are they marching for

[00:05:57] And I ask myself same question

[00:06:03] And the band plays Waltzing Matilda

[00:06:09] And the old men still answer the call

[00:06:16] But year after year their numbers goes fewer

[00:06:23] Some day there will be no one at all

[00:06:31] Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda

[00:06:38] You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

[00:06:45] And their ghosts may be heard

[00:06:48] As they march down by the billabong

[00:06:52] Who'll come-a-waltzing Matilda with me