The Band Played Waltzing Matilda (hi-lo)

THE BAND PLAYED WALTZING MATILDA hi-lo
Eric Bogle
Key: D
Time: 6/8

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Now when I was a young man I car-ried a pack

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And I lived the free life of a rov-er

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From the Mur-ray’s green ba-sin

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To the dust-y out-back,

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Well I waltzed my Ma-til-da all o-ver

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Then in nine-teen fif-teen 

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The coun-try said son

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It’s time you stopped rov-ing

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There’s work to be done

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So they gave me a tin hat 

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And they gave me a gun

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And sent me a-way to the war

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And the band played Waltz-ing Ma-til-da

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As the ship pulled a-way from the quay

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And ‘midst all the tears, the flag wav-ing 

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And cheers: we sailed off to Gal-li-po-li