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Lyrics to Kokoda Track
by Slim Dusty
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With no shouldered arms or bayonets fixed they march on Anzac Day,
The measured tramp of steel shod heels a memory away.
Veterans of a jungle war who went to hell and back,
Those ragged, bloody heroes of that grim Kokoda Track.
So dig your reversed rifles in the mire of memory,
The swirling mists of time have healed the scars.
You climbed that golden stairway to keep our country free,
Where the jungle hid your nightmare from the stars.
When sullen days brought no relief from blood and muck and mire,
And death was ever striding at your back,
You trod that hallowed path to be baptized in hellfire,
The ragged bloody heroes of that grim Kokoda Track.
Oh the devil took the hindmost and the snipers took the fore,
With no quarter asked or given in that muddy, bloody war.
With black angels there to guide them and the salvos by their side,
Those ragged bloody heroes simply marched and fought and died.
Instrumental
Astride a broken mountain top you stood defiantly,
As the devil took your comrades one by one,
He taunted you and beckoned you to face eternity,
Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/Ye32You saluted with a burning Thompson gun
His hand was on your shoulder like a burning grip of steel,
But you turned him and you fought off his attack.
You broke the devils squadrons and you brought him to your heel,
The ragged bloody heroes of that grim Kokoda Track.
Oh the devil took the hindmost and the snipers took the fore,
With no quarter asked or given in that muddy bloody war.
While politicians pondered and great generals swelled with pride,
Those ragged bloody heroes simply marched and fought and died.
With no shouldered arms or bayonets fixed they march on Anzac Day,
With the memory of white crosses and the mounds of fresh turned clay.
Of green fields and a bugle call and a solemn requiem,
spoken
“And at the going down of the sun,
and in the morning we will remember them.”
Those ragged bloody heroes of that grim Kokoda Track.
Those ragged bloody heroes of that grim Kokoda Track.
From his album: "Natural High"
Contributed: Marten Busstra 2009
The measured tramp of steel shod heels a memory away.
Veterans of a jungle war who went to hell and back,
Those ragged, bloody heroes of that grim Kokoda Track.
So dig your reversed rifles in the mire of memory,
The swirling mists of time have healed the scars.
You climbed that golden stairway to keep our country free,
Where the jungle hid your nightmare from the stars.
When sullen days brought no relief from blood and muck and mire,
And death was ever striding at your back,
You trod that hallowed path to be baptized in hellfire,
The ragged bloody heroes of that grim Kokoda Track.
Oh the devil took the hindmost and the snipers took the fore,
With no quarter asked or given in that muddy, bloody war.
With black angels there to guide them and the salvos by their side,
Those ragged bloody heroes simply marched and fought and died.
Instrumental
Astride a broken mountain top you stood defiantly,
As the devil took your comrades one by one,
He taunted you and beckoned you to face eternity,
Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/Ye32You saluted with a burning Thompson gun
His hand was on your shoulder like a burning grip of steel,
But you turned him and you fought off his attack.
You broke the devils squadrons and you brought him to your heel,
The ragged bloody heroes of that grim Kokoda Track.
Oh the devil took the hindmost and the snipers took the fore,
With no quarter asked or given in that muddy bloody war.
While politicians pondered and great generals swelled with pride,
Those ragged bloody heroes simply marched and fought and died.
With no shouldered arms or bayonets fixed they march on Anzac Day,
With the memory of white crosses and the mounds of fresh turned clay.
Of green fields and a bugle call and a solemn requiem,
spoken
“And at the going down of the sun,
and in the morning we will remember them.”
Those ragged bloody heroes of that grim Kokoda Track.
Those ragged bloody heroes of that grim Kokoda Track.
From his album: "Natural High"
Contributed: Marten Busstra 2009
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Slim Dusty biography
Slim Dusty is known as the ‘Father of Australian Country Music’ and was born on 13 June 1927 as David Gordon Kirkpatrick at Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia. He grew up on his father’s dairy farm at nearby Nulla Nulla Creek and at the young age of 10 he wrote his first song, ‘The Way the Cowboy Dies’
While still working on the family property, Slim sang during intervals at cinemas, at rodeos and community concerts and even did some busking on the streets.. In fact he sang whenever and wherever he could.
In 1942 he gatecrashed radio station 2KM Kempsey to record at his own expense, his first record, “Song for the Aussies” and “My Final Song.” In 1946 he signed a recording contract with Columbia for their Regal Zonophone label and recorded six titles including his first country classic “When the Rain Tumbles down in July”., which he had written the year before. Then in 1948 he began a part time career.....MORE.....(full Slim Dusty biography) ←
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