Tonart: G major
Verse 1
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I was a girl of 13
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when my brothers went off to the war
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Martin and Robert and Jack
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as I waved from the door
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I thought who in the world
could have brothers as
handsome as they
Three Australian light horsemen,
I see their brow figures
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today
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Our parents were Ir ish
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with no love for England at all
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But the sons were Australians
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and each bravely answered the call
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In their turned up slouch hats
and their feathers and leggings and spurs
The empire,
as much as my mother knew,
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these sons were hers
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An d at the going down of the sun
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and in the morning
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I will remember them,
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I can't forget
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The mailman brought
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cards from Colombo
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and then from Portside
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Here's a photo of our Jack in Egypt,
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his first camel ride
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And look at young Bobby in London
here crossing the Strand
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And Martin rides mum and dad,
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life in the army is grand
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When the telegram came with the news
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about our darling Jack
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I had the terrible task
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of breaking the news to my dad
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With our old draft horse
Punch, my father was ploughing the land
I ran to the paddock,
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the telegram clutched in my hand
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The Irish man read it,
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said thank you,
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now leave me alone
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Go on back to the house,
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she's there on her own
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He called, up now, punch,
we have to get on with this job
But I saw his slumped shoulders
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and I heard his heart rending in sorrow
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And at the going down of the sun
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and in the morning
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I will remember them,
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I can't forget
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And at the going down of the sun
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and in the morning
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I will remember them
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I can't forget
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I can't forget
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