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Thread #110390   Message #4170930
Posted By: Backwoodsman
27-Apr-23 - 07:05 AM
Thread Name: thoughts on 'And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda'
Subject: RE: thoughts on 'And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda'
Agreed Pete. Also, ‘As If He Knows’ - remembering the horses who served, not specifically at Gallipoli but throughout the war, and the terrible fate of those that survived only to be shot rather than be brought home to Oz or left to the cruelty they faced at the hands of the local populations.

The song’s theme, of each soldier shooting his mate’s faithful servant and friend, brings a lump to my throat every time.

Cheers buddy…