And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda (乐队演奏丛林流浪)-John McDermott

[00:08.00]Now when I was a young man and I carried my pack [00:14.57]And I lived the free life of the rover [00:21.32]From the Murray's green basin to the dusty out back [00:28.48]I waltzed my Matilda all over [00:34.83]Then in 1915 my country said Son [00:41.86]It's time to stop rambling there's work to be done [00:48.68]And they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun [00:56.76]And they sent me away to the war [01:03.58]And the band played Waltzing Matilda [01:10.46]As the ships pulled away from the quay [01:17.58]And amid all the tears flag waving and cheers [01:26.27]We sailed off to Galipolli [01:33.59]And how I remember that terrible day [01:40.10]How our blood stained the sand and the water [01:47.01]And how in that hell that they called Suvla Bay [01:53.77]We were butchered like lambs to the slaughter [02:00.39]Johnnie Turk was ready oh he primed himself well [02:07.52]He rained us with bullets and he showered us with shell [02:14.22]And in five minutes flat we were all blown to hell [02:22.68]Nearly blew us all back home to Australia [02:29.33]But the band played Waltzing Matilda [02:36.36]As we stuck to bury our slain [02:43.80]We burned ours and the Turks buried theirs [02:51.92]And we started all over again [02:59.37]Those who were living just tried to survive [03:06.18]In a mad world of blood death and fire [03:12.73]And for ten weary weeks I kept myself alive [03:19.93]While around me the corpses piled higher [03:26.43]Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over head [03:33.63]And when I awoke in my hospital bed [03:39.96]And saw what it had done and I wished I was dead [03:49.16]Never knew there were worse things than dying [03:55.90]For no more I'll go Waltzing Matilda [04:02.76]All round the green bush far and near [04:09.72]For to hump tent and pegs a man needs both legs [04:17.94]No more Waltzing Matilda for me [04:25.46]They collected the crippled the wounded the maimed [04:32.32]And they shipped us back home to Australia [04:39.34]The armless the legless the blind the insane [04:46.12]Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla [04:53.10]And as our ship pulled in to Circular Key [04:59.88]And I looked at the place where my legs used to be [05:06.48]I thanked Christ there was no one there waiting for me [05:15.59]To grieve and to mourn and to Pity [05:22.55]And the band played Waltzing Matilda [05:29.45]As they carried us down the gangway [05:36.35]But nobody cheered they just stood there and stared [05:44.42]And turned all their faces away [05:52.08]So now every April I sit on my porch [05:59.06]And I watch the parade pass before me [06:05.85]And I see my old comrades how proudly they march [06:12.88]Renewing their dreams of past glory [06:19.80]I see the old men all tired stiff and sore [06:28.50]The weary old heroes of a forgotten war [06:33.71]And the young people ask What are they marching for [06:42.55]And I ask myself the same question [06:49.32]And the band played Waltzing Matilda [06:56.68]And the old men still answer the call [07:03.60]But year after year the numbers get fewer [07:11.71]Some day none will march there at all [07:21.86]Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda [07:31.11]Who'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me [07:39.95]And their ghosts may be heard as they march by the billabong [07:49.40]Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me [07:58.20]