《And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda》歌词

[00:00:08] Now when I was a young man and I carried my pack

[00:00:14] And I lived the free life of the rover

[00:00:21] From the Murray's green basin to the dusty out back

[00:00:28] I waltzed my Matilda all over

[00:00:34] Then in 1915 my country said Son

[00:00:41] It's time to stop rambling there's work to be done

[00:00:48] And they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun

[00:00:56] And they sent me away to the war

[00:01:03] And the band played Waltzing Matilda

[00:01:10] As the ships pulled away from the quay

[00:01:17] And amid all the tears flag waving and cheers

[00:01:26] We sailed off to Galipolli

[00:01:33] And how I remember that terrible day

[00:01:40] How our blood stained the sand and the water

[00:01:47] And how in that hell that they called Suvla Bay

[00:01:53] We were butchered like lambs to the slaughter

[00:02:00] Johnnie Turk was ready oh he primed himself well

[00:02:07] He rained us with bullets and he showered us with shell

[00:02:14] And in five minutes flat we were all blown to hell

[00:02:22] Nearly blew us all back home to Australia

[00:02:29] But the band played Waltzing Matilda

[00:02:36] As we stuck to bury our slain

[00:02:43] We burned ours and the Turks buried theirs

[00:02:51] And we started all over again

[00:02:59] Those who were living just tried to survive

[00:03:06] In a mad world of blood death and fire

[00:03:12] And for ten weary weeks I kept myself alive

[00:03:19] While around me the corpses piled higher

[00:03:26] Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over head

[00:03:33] And when I awoke in my hospital bed

[00:03:39] And saw what it had done and I wished I was dead

[00:03:49] Never knew there were worse things than dying

[00:03:55] For no more I'll go Waltzing Matilda

[00:04:02] All round the green bush far and near

[00:04:09] For to hump tent and pegs a man needs both legs

[00:04:17] No more Waltzing Matilda for me

[00:04:25] They collected the crippled the wounded the maimed

[00:04:32] And they shipped us back home to Australia

[00:04:39] The armless the legless the blind the insane

[00:04:46] Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla

[00:04:53] And as our ship pulled in to Circular Key

[00:04:59] And I looked at the place where my legs used to be

[00:05:06] I thanked Christ there was no one there waiting for me

[00:05:15] To grieve and to mourn and to Pity

[00:05:22] And the band played Waltzing Matilda

[00:05:29] As they carried us down the gangway

[00:05:36] But nobody cheered they just stood there and stared

[00:05:44] And turned all their faces away

[00:05:52] So now every April I sit on my porch

[00:05:59] And I watch the parade pass before me

[00:06:05] And I see my old comrades how proudly they march

[00:06:12] Renewing their dreams of past glory

[00:06:19] I see the old men all tired stiff and sore

[00:06:28] The weary old heroes of a forgotten war

[00:06:33] And the young people ask What are they marching for

[00:06:42] And I ask myself the same question

[00:06:49] And the band played Waltzing Matilda

[00:06:56] And the old men still answer the call

[00:07:03] But year after year the numbers get fewer

[00:07:11] Some day none will march there at all

[00:07:21] Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda

[00:07:31] Who'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me

[00:07:39] And their ghosts may be heard as they march by the billabong

[00:07:49] Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me