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lirik lagu ispíní na héireann - and the band played waltzing matilda

[verse 1]
when i was a young man, i carried my pack
and i lived the dreamed life of a rover
from the murray’s green basin to the dusty outback
i waltzed my matilda all over

[verse 2]
then in 1915, my country said, “son
it’s time to stop a~ramblin’, 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 pulled away from the quay
and amidst all the cheers, the shouts and the tears
we sailed off for gallipoli

[verse 3]
how i remember that terrible day
when the blood stained the sand and the water
and how in that h~ll that they called suvla bay
we were butchered like lambs at the slaughter

[verse 4]
johnny turky, was ready, he primed himself well
he showered us with bullets and he rained us with sh~ll
and in five minutes flat, he’d blown us all to h~ll
nearly blew us back home to australia
[chorus]
and the band played waltzing matilda
as we stopped to bury our slain
and we buried ours and the turks they buried theirs
then it started all over again

[verse 5]
now those that were livin’ did their best to survive
in this mad world of death, blood, and fire
and for seven long weeks, i kept myself alive
while the corpses around me piled higher

[verse 6]
then a big turkish sh~ll knocked me ~rs~ over d~ck
and when i awoke in me hospital bed
to find what it, had done, christ, i wished that i was dead
never knew there were worse things than dyin’

[chorus 3]
now no more i’ll go waltzing matilda
all around the green bush far and near
for to hunt, tent and peg, well a man needs both legs
no more waltzing matilda for me

[verse 7]
they collected all the crippled and the wounded and the maimed
and they shipped us all back to australia
the legless, the armless, the blind and insane
the proud wounded heroes of suvla
[verse 8]
and as our ship pulled into circular quay
i looked at the place on where me legs they used to be
and thanked christ there was n0body waitin’ for me
to grieve or to mourn or to pity

[chorus]
and the band played waltzing matilda
as they carried us down the gangway
n0body cheered, they stood there and they stared
then they turned all their faces away

[instrumental break]

[verse 9]
now every april, i sit home on me porch
and i watch that parade pass before me
i see my old comrades, how proudly they march
reliving those days of past glory

[verse 10]
i watch these old men march, all twisted and torn
the forgotten heroes of our forgotten war
and the young people ask , “what are they marching for?”
and i ask myself that same question
[chorus]
and the band plays waltzing matilda
and these old men still answer the call
year after year, their numbers get fewer
someday no one will march there at all

[outro]
waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda
won’t you go a~waltzing matilda with me?
when the ghosts can be heard as they march along the billabong
won’t you go a~waltzing matilda with me?

- lirik lagu ispini na heireann

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