Bushwackers Band - And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda video free download

RITA MACRAE

Rita Macrae. This is simply beautiful, the piano is the perfect accompaniment.

Philip De Groot

I have this on vinyl. It is a great rendition. It is the first version I ever heard. Eric Bogle is a great songwriter. Over the years I have acquired versions by the Pogues, Liam Clancy, the Fureys, the Dubliners, John McDermott. Some of my people were at or near Gallipoli (Dardanelles) but more were on the Green Fields of France and in Flander's Fields.

aaron tweed

Darude - Sandstorm

Stratigast

5 minutes flat, not ten, and they did, not nearly, get blown to Australia.

Valoren Sunderfang

Thank god for the sacrifice of the ANZAC's Lest we forget. 

David Read

I've heard all the versions you can find - but the Bushwackers version has always been my favourite ever since I first heard it back in the mid 80's.All the other versions just sound the same with their lilting drawls, they're OK, but don't sound dinky di ... and Williamsons version has weird pacing as he 'blokes it up' from time to time. This version is perfect, great voice, get piano accompaniment.I just wish they recorded it with the missing verse!!

Jim Waite

The better version ... IMHO .....

MON383

Thanks again for uploading this, its your only but closest to my heart, ANYONE who goes against this being on here for everyone to see,does our diggers a wrong doing, its put here to remember them... LEST WE FORGET

Andrew Long

My favorite version to. Played most of them.

Shane Dacey

Glory to the Crown and Glory to the Anzac.So help us god

Blackadder153

Great version,too bad it's missing some crucial verses.

MON383

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. LEST WE FORGET

MegaEzzman

thank-you, and people like you, these stories need to bridge the generations.

Jimmy Chircop

Thanks so much for this MATE, love it.

Wyatt35

"To the Texans in the ranks the sound of battle was deafening: the boom of artillery; the loud reports of dozens of nearby rifles and the steady popping of thousands more distant; the explosions of shells and the whine and hiss of lead balls and steel fragments. Men whooped and yelled; others screamed to be heard by their comrades" - Texas soldier in Hoods Brigade at Antietam fighting in the famous cornfield. "All war is Hell" - Gen. William T. Sherman

Ian Leffley

Thank you for showing this video. I have also looked everywhere for this version. You have made my day. Thanks again. Beneath the Southern Cross is my favourite, would love to hear more of that album.

Liam O'Connor

One of the commendable things about the character of Australia as a nation is a distinctive anti-militaristic, even pacifistic bent (there are plenty of negatives to our national character too, but I won't discuss those in this post). Jingoism and nationalism are and always have been completely incongruent with the Australian political landscape, which cannot be said for many other countries (*). I think the main reason for this is that one of the main historical events that established Australia as a culturally distinct nation (rather than a British colony) was the Gallipoli campaign. Having a horrible tragedy in a senseless war as a defining moment in your national history has a definite effect on cultural values, I would say. I believe the converse is also true, two countries I can think of (Vietnam and the USA) which achieved independence from colonial powers through bloodshed remain rather militaristic. [*] - particularly, most pacifistic countries now are pacifistic due to experiments in militarism and jingoism going poorly.

Kynmarcher5000

My pleasure :) this version is by far my favourite and honestly I was surprised that it never saw the light of day in the youtube-verse until I posted it. I'm glad I could provide it not just to you but to everyone :)

MON383

thankyou soo much.... i have had this in my TO-DO list with family pics for a long time, i just have had the help iv needed from the younger ones to show me how...

Eric Bogle

Eric Bogle - The Band Played Waltzing Matilda