paroles de chanson And the Band Played Waltzing Mathilda - Joan Baez
And
The
Band
Played
Waltzing
Matilda
Now
when
I
was
a
young
lad
I
carried
me
pack
And
I
lived
the
free
life
of
the
rover.
From
the
Murray's
green
banks,
to
the
dusty
outback
While
I
waltzed
my
Matilda
all
over.
Then
in
1915,
my
country
said,
'Son,
It's
time
you
stop
ramblin',
there's
work
to
be
done.'
So
they
gave
me
a
tin
hat,
and
they
gave
me
a
gun,
And
they
marched
me
away
to
the
war.
And
the
band
played
'Waltzing
Matilda,'
As
the
ship
pulled
away
from
the
quay,
Amidst
the
songs
and
the
cheers,
the
flag
waving,
and
tears,
We
sailed
off
for
Gallipoli.
And
how
well
I
remember
that
terrible
day,
How
our
blood
stained
the
sand
we
call
Suvla
Bay
We
were
butchered
like
lambs
at
the
slaughter.
The
big
Turkish
shell
caught
me
arse
over
head,
And
when
I
woke
up
in
my
hospital
bed
And
saw
what
it
had
done,
well,
I
wished
I
was
dead
Never
knew
there
was
worse
things
than
dying.
So
I'll
go
no
more
'Waltzing
Matilda,'
Or
through
the
green
bush
bars
and
wide
For
to
hunt
and
tent
peg
a
man
needs
both
legs,
No
more
'Waltzing
Matilda'
for
me.
They
gathered
the
injured,
the
wounded,
the
maimed,
And
they
shipped
us
all
back
to
Australia.
The
armless,
the
legless,
the
blind,
the
insane,
Those
proud
wounded
heroes
of
Suvla.
And
as
our
ship
sailed
into
Circular
Quay,
I
looked
at
the
place
where
me
legs
used
to
be,
And
thanked
Christ
there
was
nobody
waiting
for
me,
To
mourn,
and
to
grieve,
and
to
pity.
And
the
band
played
"Waltzing
Matilda"
As
they
wheeled
us
down
the
gangway.
And
nobody
cheered,
they
just
stood
and
stared.
And
they
all
turned
their
faces
away.
And
the
band
still
plays
'Waltzing
Matilda,'
And
the
young
men
still
answer
the
call,
But
as
year
follows
year,
those
old
men
disappear
Someday,
no
one
will
march
there
at
all.
Waltzing
Mathilda,
Waltzing
Mathilda
Who'll
come
a-waltzing
Mathilda
with
me
And
their
ghosts
may
be
heard
as
you
pass
the
Billabong
Who'll
come
a-waltzing
Mathilda
with
me?
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