The Band Played Waltzing Matilda-Ryan Kelly

[ti:The Band Played Waltzing Matilda] [ar:Ryan Kelly] [al:Life] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Band Played Waltzing Matilda - Ryan Kelly [00:01.00]Now when i was a young man and i carried my pack [00:05.29] [00:05.81]And i lived the free life of the rover [00:09.32] [00:10.66]From the murray's green basin to the dusty out back [00:15.01] [00:15.77]I waltzed my matilda all over [00:19.05] [00:20.04]Then in 1915 my country said 'son [00:25.25] [00:26.13]It's time to stop rambling there's work to be done' [00:30.34] [00:31.65]And they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun [00:36.67] [00:38.45]And they sent me away to the war [00:41.87] [01:01.96]And the band played waltzing matilda [01:05.61] [01:07.33]As the ships pulled away from the quay [01:10.84] [01:12.61]And amid all the tears flag waving and cheers [01:18.11] [01:19.40]We sailed off to galipolli [01:22.67] [01:24.70]And how i remember that terrible day [01:28.99] [01:29.79]How our blood stained the sand and the water [01:33.67] [01:35.28]And how in that hell that they called suvla bay [01:39.72] [01:40.45]We were butchered like lambs to the slaughter [01:43.93] [01:45.33]Johnnie turk was ready oh he primed himself well [01:50.38] [01:50.94]He rained us with bullets and he showered us with shell [01:55.53] [01:56.25]And in five minutes flat we were all blown to hell [02:00.88] [02:02.97]Nearly blew us all back home to australia [02:06.54] [02:08.14]But the band played waltzing matilda [02:11.23] [02:12.66]As we stuck to bury our slain [02:16.97] [02:19.02]We burned ours and the turks buried theirs [02:23.92] [02:25.25]And we started all over again [02:29.18] [02:37.65]Those who were living just tried to survive [02:42.10] [02:42.62]In a mad world of blood death and fire [02:46.36] [02:47.71]And for ten weary weeks i kept myself alive [02:53.38]While around me the corpses piled higher [02:56.68] [02:58.39]Then a big turkish shell knocked me arse over head [03:03.04] [03:03.65]And when i awoke in my hospital bed [03:08.25] [03:08.86]And saw what it had done and i wished i was dead [03:13.87] [03:16.92]Never knew there were worse things than dying [03:20.54] [03:22.04]For no more i'll go waltzing matilda [03:26.02] [03:27.34]All round the green bush far and near [03:31.83] [03:32.97]For to hump tent and pegs a man needs both legs [03:37.93] [03:39.50]No more waltzing matilda for me [03:42.66] [03:44.37]They collected the crippled the wounded the maimed [03:49.20] [03:50.01]And they shipped us back home to australia [03:53.56] [03:55.48]The armless the legless the blind the insane [03:59.98] [04:00.78]Those proud wounded heroes of suvla [04:04.57] [04:05.77]And as our ship pulled in to circular key [04:10.61] [04:11.17]And i looked at the place where my legs used to be [04:15.58] [04:16.22]I thanked christ there was nobody there waiting for me [04:21.20] [04:23.64]To grieve and to mourn and to pity [04:27.16] [04:28.83]And the band played waltzing matilda [04:31.42] [04:32.48]As they carried us down the gangway [04:37.20] [04:38.82]But nobody cheered they just stood there and stared [04:44.36] [04:45.61]And turned all their faces away [04:48.87] [04:57.81]So now every april i sit on my porch [05:03.34]And i watch the parade pass before me [05:06.37] [05:08.10]And i see my old comrades how proudly they march [05:12.95] [05:13.75]Renewing their dreams of past glory [05:17.34] [05:18.74]I see the old men all tired stiff and sore [05:24.09]The weary old heroes of a forgotten war [05:28.54] [05:29.59]And the young people ask 'what are they marching for' [05:34.58] [05:36.25]And i ask myself the same question [05:39.48] [05:41.29]And the band played waltzing matilda [05:44.63] [05:45.46]And the old men still answer the call [05:50.37] [05:51.51]But year after year the numbers get fewer [05:57.17] [05:58.21]Some day none will march there at all [06:01.58] [06:04.76]Waltzing matilda waltzing matilda [06:09.35] [06:11.26]Who'll come a waltzing matilda with me [06:16.17] [06:17.10]And their ghosts may be heard as they march by the billabong [06:23.07] [06:25.74]Who'll come a waltzing matilda with me