Song Lyrics Irish Folksongs - AND THE BAND PLAYED WALTZING MATILDA    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> I>> Irish Folksongs Singer Lyrics [Irish Folksongs other resources]>> AND THE BAND PLAYED WALTZING MATILDA Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Irish Folksongs Music Title/Track: AND THE BAND PLAYED WALTZING MATILDA Theme ID: 8538 Album: N/A When I was a young man, I carried my pack And I lived the free life of a rover From the Murray's green basin to the dusty outback I waltzed my matilda all over Then in nineteen fifteen, my country said, "Son It's time to stop ramblin' for there's work to be done" So they gave me a tin hat, and they gave me a gun And they sent me away to the war Chorus: And the band played "Waltzing Matilda" As the ship sailed away from the quay Amid all the tears, the flag-waving and cheers We sailed off for Gallipoli How well I remember that terrible day When our blood stained the sand and the water And how in that hell that they call Suvla Bay We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter Johnny Turk was ready, Lord he primed himself well He rained us with bullets and he showered us with shells In five minutes flat, we were all blown to hell Nearly blew us back home to Australia Chorus: And the band played "Waltzing Matilda" As we stopped to bury our slain We buried ours and the Turks buried theirs Then it started all over again And those who were living just tried to survive In that mad world of blood, death and, fire For ten weary weeks, I kept myself alive While around me the corpses piled higher Then a big Turkish shell knocked me ass over head And when I awoke, in a hospital bed And saw what it had done, I wished I were dead I never knew there were worse things than dying Chorus: For no more I'll go waltzing matilda All around the green bush far and near But to hunt and to pace, a man needs both legs No more waltzing matilda for me They collected the wounded, the crippled, the maimed And they shipped us Related Lyrics Random lyrics: BOLD TENANT FARMER, BOOLAVOGUE (1), BOOLAVOGUE (2), BOTANY BAY, BOYS OF FAIRHILL, BOYS OF KILMICHAEL, BOYS OF THE OLD BRIGADE, BREAD AND FISHES, BRENNAN ON THE MOOR, BRIDGIT OMALLEY, BRING THEM HOME, BROAD BLACK BRIMMER, BUACHAILL N IRNE, CARRICKFERGUS (1), CARRICKFERGUS (2), COAST OF MALABAR, COMICAL GENIUS, COURTIN IN THE KITCHEN, THE ARMAGH SNIPER, THE BARD OF ARMAGH, THE BIRMINGHAM SIX, THE BLACK AND TAN GUN, THE BOLD BLACK AND TAN, THE BOLD FENIAN MEN, THE BOLD ODONOHUE, THE BOYS FROM THE COUNTY ARMAGH, THE BOYS FROM THE COUNTY CORK, THE BOYS FROM THE COUNTY MAYO, THE BOYS OF KILLYBEGS, THE CLIFFS OF DONEEN, THE CRACK WAS NINETY IN THE ISLE OF MAN, THE CREGGAN WHITE HARE, THE CROPPY BOY, THE CURRAGH OF KILDARE, Black Velvet Band, Bodenstown Churchyard, Bridget Flynn, Drunken Sailor, Fiddlers Green, Goodbye Mrs Durkin, GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER, Hiring Fair, The First Love In Life, The Orange And The Green, The Scottsman, The Unicorn, Wasnt That A Party, Years May Come Years May Go, Det Kommer En Gryning, Precis Som Du, Other Irish Folksongs song Lyrics A BUNCH OF THYME Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Little Bit Of Heaven Lyrics A Man You Dont Meet Every Day Lyrics A Mothers Love Is A Blessing Lyrics A Muirsheen Durkin Lyrics A Nation Once Again Lyrics A NIGHT TO REMEMBER Lyrics A Pair Of Brown Eyes Lyrics A Rainy Night In Soho Lyrics A Soldiers Song Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Irish Rovers Lyrics Irma Schultz Lyrics Irma Tapio Lyrics Irma Thomas Lyrics Iron And Wine Lyrics IRON BUTTERFLY Lyrics Iron Fire Lyrics Iron Maiden Lyrics Iron Rain Lyrics Iron Savior Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy