I wonder if there will be any memorably sad anti-war songs
coming out of our trumped-up wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Here's the lyrics from The Band Played Waltzing Matilda, a song written
about the horrific Gallipoli Campaign against the Turks in 1915. No, it
isn't *the* Waltzing Matilda song you might know.

This verse is as spot-on today as it was nearly a century ago:

"So they collected the cripples, the wounded, the maimed
And they shipped us back home to Australia
The armless, the legless, the blind, the insane
Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla
And as our ship pulled into Circular Quay
I looked at the place where my legs used to be
And thank Christ there was nobody waiting for me
To grieve and to mourn and to pity
And the band played Waltzing Matilda
As they carried us down the gangway
But nobody cheered, they just stood and stared
Then turned all their faces away."

The whole song:

When I was a young man I carried my pack
And I lived the free life of a rover
From the Murrays 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 rambling 'cause 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
And the band played Waltzing Matilda
As we sailed away from the quay
And amidst all the tears and the shouts and the cheers
We sailed off to Gallipoli

How well I remember that terrible day
How the blood stained the sand and the water
And how in that hell that they called Suvla Bay
We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter
Johnny Turk he was ready, he primed himself well
He chased us with bullets, he rained us with shells
And in five minutes flat he'd blown us all to hell
Nearly blew us right back to Australia
But the band played Waltzing Matilda
As we stopped to bury our slain
We buried ours and the Turks buried theirs
Then we started all over again

Now those that were left, well we tried to survive
In a mad world of blood, death and fire
And for ten weary weeks I kept myself alive
But around me the corpses piled higher
Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over tit
And when I woke up in my hospital bed
And saw what it had done, I wished I was dead
Never knew there were worse things than dying
For no more I'll go waltzing Matilda
All around the green bush far and near
For to hump tent and pegs, a man needs two legs
No more waltzing Matilda for me

So they collected the cripples, the wounded, the maimed
And they shipped us back home to Australia
The armless, the legless, the blind, the insane
Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla
And as our ship pulled into Circular Quay
I looked at the place where my legs used to be
And thank Christ there was nobody waiting for me
To grieve and to mourn and to pity
And the band played Waltzing Matilda
As they carried us down the gangway
But nobody cheered, they just stood and stared
Then turned all their faces away

And now every April I sit on my porch
And I watch the parade pass before me
And I watch my old comrades, how proudly they march
Reliving old dreams of past glory
And the old men march slowly, all bent, stiff and sore
The forgotten heroes from a forgotten war
And the young people ask, "What are they marching for?"
And I ask myself the same question
And the band plays Waltzing Matilda
And the old men answer to the call
But year after year their numbers get fewer
Some day no one will march there at all

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me
And their ghosts may be heard as you pass the Billabong
Who'll come-a-waltzing Matilda with me?

Here's a version of the song from the Pogues:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZqN1glz4JY

On 6/21/13 11:27 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:30:41 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

I wonder if there will be any memorably sad anti-war songs
coming out of our trumped-up wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Hippies like Bob Dylan and Arlo Guthrie are not getting draft notices
so they are not involved enough in the war to write songs.
These days it would be a country or hip hop song that you would not
hear anyway.

BTW have you noticed that the music producers are trying to meld hip
hop and country? They have artists from both genres cutting duets and
the country acts are starting to do rap songs. It started with Colt
Ford and now Blake Shelton has one.



I'm afraid I don't listen to any hip-hop music and only listen to
country music when the girl singer is interesting or hot. I will confess
to liking the edginess of Taylor Swift and her songs, and yes,
I think she is both interesting and hot. My wife is a big fan of modern
country music. Usually, I'm not because the themes in that sort of music
these days are just too "relationshippy complex" for my simple guy mind.

On 6/21/2013 11:32 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 6/21/13 11:27 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:30:41 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

I wonder if there will be any memorably sad anti-war songs
coming out of our trumped-up wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Hippies like Bob Dylan and Arlo Guthrie are not getting draft notices
so they are not involved enough in the war to write songs.
These days it would be a country or hip hop song that you would not
hear anyway.

BTW have you noticed that the music producers are trying to meld hip
hop and country? They have artists from both genres cutting duets and
the country acts are starting to do rap songs. It started with Colt
Ford and now Blake Shelton has one.



I'm afraid I don't listen to any hip-hop music and only listen to
country music when the girl singer is interesting or hot. I will confess
to liking the edginess of Taylor Swift and her songs, and yes,
I think she is both interesting and hot. My wife is a big fan of modern
country music. Usually, I'm not because the themes in that sort of music
these days are just too "relationshippy complex" for my simple guy mind.

Taylor Swift got rich Peddling junk songs to pimple faced kids. You're
the first adult fan I've heard about. Edginess????? Cute, maybe, not
hot. That little girl who won the voice blows her away. In fact, many of
the singers on that show have more talent than your girl.

On 6/21/2013 11:27 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:30:41 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

I wonder if there will be any memorably sad anti-war songs
coming out of our trumped-up wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Hippies like Bob Dylan and Arlo Guthrie are not getting draft notices
so they are not involved enough in the war to write songs.
These days it would be a country or hip hop song that you would not
hear anyway.

BTW have you noticed that the music producers are trying to meld hip
hop and country? They have artists from both genres cutting duets and
the country acts are starting to do rap songs. It started with Colt
Ford and now Blake Shelton has one.


Don't confuse Rap with some of the Soul, and MoTown sound that is coming
back around, especially with some of the black artists/acts...

On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 17:36:38 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:

On 6/21/2013 11:27 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:30:41 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

I wonder if there will be any memorably sad anti-war songs
coming out of our trumped-up wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Hippies like Bob Dylan and Arlo Guthrie are not getting draft notices
so they are not involved enough in the war to write songs.
These days it would be a country or hip hop song that you would not
hear anyway.

BTW have you noticed that the music producers are trying to meld hip
hop and country? They have artists from both genres cutting duets and
the country acts are starting to do rap songs. It started with Colt
Ford and now Blake Shelton has one.


Don't confuse Rap with some of the Soul, and MoTown sound that is coming
back around, especially with some of the black artists/acts...

Soul, MoTown, Country, Bluegrass, Classical, etc, etc are all music. Rap is not.

John H.
--

Hope you're having a great day!

On 6/21/2013 6:13 PM, John H wrote:
On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 17:36:38 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:

On 6/21/2013 11:27 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:30:41 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

I wonder if there will be any memorably sad anti-war songs
coming out of our trumped-up wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Hippies like Bob Dylan and Arlo Guthrie are not getting draft notices
so they are not involved enough in the war to write songs.
These days it would be a country or hip hop song that you would not
hear anyway.

BTW have you noticed that the music producers are trying to meld hip
hop and country? They have artists from both genres cutting duets and
the country acts are starting to do rap songs. It started with Colt
Ford and now Blake Shelton has one.


Don't confuse Rap with some of the Soul, and MoTown sound that is coming
back around, especially with some of the black artists/acts...

Soul, MoTown, Country, Bluegrass, Classical, etc, etc are all music. Rap is not.

John H.


Well, technically I suppose it is... even if it sucks and has zero
entertainment or any other value...

On Friday, June 21, 2013 9:30:41 AM UTC-4, F.O.A.D. wrote:
I wonder if there will be any memorably sad anti-war songs

coming out of our trumped-up wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?



Here's the lyrics from The Band Played Waltzing Matilda, a song written

about the horrific Gallipoli Campaign against the Turks in 1915. No, it

isn't *the* Waltzing Matilda song you might know.



This verse is as spot-on today as it was nearly a century ago:



"So they collected the cripples, the wounded, the maimed

And they shipped us back home to Australia

The armless, the legless, the blind, the insane

Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla

And as our ship pulled into Circular Quay

I looked at the place where my legs used to be

And thank Christ there was nobody waiting for me

To grieve and to mourn and to pity

And the band played Waltzing Matilda

As they carried us down the gangway

But nobody cheered, they just stood and stared

Then turned all their faces away."



The whole song:



When I was a young man I carried my pack

And I lived the free life of a rover

From the Murrays 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 rambling 'cause 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

And the band played Waltzing Matilda

As we sailed away from the quay

And amidst all the tears and the shouts and the cheers

We sailed off to Gallipoli



How well I remember that terrible day

How the blood stained the sand and the water

And how in that hell that they called Suvla Bay

We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter

Johnny Turk he was ready, he primed himself well

He chased us with bullets, he rained us with shells

And in five minutes flat he'd blown us all to hell

Nearly blew us right back to Australia

But the band played Waltzing Matilda

As we stopped to bury our slain

We buried ours and the Turks buried theirs

Then we started all over again



Now those that were left, well we tried to survive

In a mad world of blood, death and fire

And for ten weary weeks I kept myself alive

But around me the corpses piled higher

Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over tit

And when I woke up in my hospital bed

And saw what it had done, I wished I was dead

Never knew there were worse things than dying

For no more I'll go waltzing Matilda

All around the green bush far and near

For to hump tent and pegs, a man needs two legs

No more waltzing Matilda for me



So they collected the cripples, the wounded, the maimed

And they shipped us back home to Australia

The armless, the legless, the blind, the insane

Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla

And as our ship pulled into Circular Quay

I looked at the place where my legs used to be

And thank Christ there was nobody waiting for me

To grieve and to mourn and to pity

And the band played Waltzing Matilda

As they carried us down the gangway

But nobody cheered, they just stood and stared

Then turned all their faces away



And now every April I sit on my porch

And I watch the parade pass before me

And I watch my old comrades, how proudly they march

Reliving old dreams of past glory

And the old men march slowly, all bent, stiff and sore

The forgotten heroes from a forgotten war

And the young people ask, "What are they marching for?"

And I ask myself the same question

And the band plays Waltzing Matilda

And the old men answer to the call

But year after year their numbers get fewer

Some day no one will march there at all



Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda

Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

And their ghosts may be heard as you pass the Billabong

Who'll come-a-waltzing Matilda with me?



Here's a version of the song from the Pogues:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZqN1glz4JY

**** OFF, ASSHOLE..............

In article ,
says...

On 6/21/2013 11:27 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:30:41 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

I wonder if there will be any memorably sad anti-war songs
coming out of our trumped-up wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Hippies like Bob Dylan and Arlo Guthrie are not getting draft notices
so they are not involved enough in the war to write songs.
These days it would be a country or hip hop song that you would not
hear anyway.

BTW have you noticed that the music producers are trying to meld hip
hop and country? They have artists from both genres cutting duets and
the country acts are starting to do rap songs. It started with Colt
Ford and now Blake Shelton has one.


Don't confuse Rap with some of the Soul, and MoTown sound that is coming
back around, especially with some of the black artists/acts...

I enjoy ANY type of music as long s it's done in a musically interesting
and talented way, including rap. Rap has a bad reputation though, due to
a lot of sub-par "performers".

In article ,
says...

On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 17:36:38 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:

On 6/21/2013 11:27 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:30:41 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

I wonder if there will be any memorably sad anti-war songs
coming out of our trumped-up wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Hippies like Bob Dylan and Arlo Guthrie are not getting draft notices
so they are not involved enough in the war to write songs.
These days it would be a country or hip hop song that you would not
hear anyway.

BTW have you noticed that the music producers are trying to meld hip
hop and country? They have artists from both genres cutting duets and
the country acts are starting to do rap songs. It started with Colt
Ford and now Blake Shelton has one.


Don't confuse Rap with some of the Soul, and MoTown sound that is coming
back around, especially with some of the black artists/acts...

Soul, MoTown, Country, Bluegrass, Classical, etc, etc are all music. Rap is not.

John H.

Yes it is, bigot.