And the Band Playing Waltzing Matilda | Ve Orkestra 'Waltzing Matilda'yı çaldı |
As we sailed away from the quay And amidst all the tears and the shouts and the cheers We sailed off to Gallipoli.
Now those that were left, well we tried to survive In a mad world of blood, death and fire And for ten weary weeks I kept myself alive But around me the corpses piled higher Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over tit And when I woke up in my hospital bed And saw what it had done, I wished I was dead Never knew there were worse things than dying
And now every April I sit on my porch And I watch the parade pass before me And I watch my old comrades, how proudly they march Reliving old dreams of past glory And the old men march slowly, all bent, stiff and sore The forgotten heroes from a forgotten war And the young people ask, "What are they marching for?" And I ask myself the same question And the band plays Waltzing Matilda
And their ghosts may be heard as you pass the Billabong Who'll go a waltzing Matilda with me? | Genç bir adamken çantamı toplamış Bir serseri gibi yaşıyordum. Murray’ın yeşil ovalarından tozlu uzak bölgelere... Battaniyemle her yeri dolaşıyordum. Derken 1915’te, ülkem dedi ki “Oğlum… Artık avarelik yeter, yapılacak işler var..” Bir teneke şapka ile bir silah verdi Ve beni uzaklardaki savaşa gönderdi… Ve orkestra Waltzing Matilda’yı çaldı…
O felaket günü ne kadar iyi hatırlıyorum Kanımız, kuma ve denize döküldüğünde Suvla koyu dedikleri cehennemde, Kasaplık koyun gibi boğazlanıyorduk Cesur Türk, hazırdı, en iyileriydi Kurşunla, şarapnelle yıkadı bizi Ve 5 dakikada bizi cehenneme yollayabilirdi Bizi dosdoğru Avustralya’ya yolladı. Ve orkestra Waltzing Matilda’yı çaldı…
Yaşayanlar hayatta kalmak için ellerinden geleni yaptılar O ölüm, kan ve ateşin çılgın dünyasında Ve sağ kalabildim yedi uzun hafta Cesetler etrafımda üst üste yığılırken Derken, patladı bir büyük Türk bombası tepemde Ve, hastanedeki yatakta uyandığımda Ve bana yaptıklarını gördüğümde, Tanrım, ölmeyi istedim Ölümden daha kötü şeyler olduğunu hiç bilmiyordum.
Bizi çıkışa doğru taşırlarken Kimse gülümsemedi, sadece öyle baktılar Sonra, yüzlerini başka tarafa çevirdiler.
Belki onun ruhunu duyacaksın o nehri geçerken... Kim benimle avare dolaşmaya gelecek? |
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda (Eric Bogle)
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Band Played Waltzing Matilda (Redgum)
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Eric Bogel

“And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda” isimli ünlü halk şarkısının bestecisi Eric Bogle, bu şarkıyı 1971’de bestelemişti… 1944 doğumlu Bogle, 1969’da Avustralya’ya göçmüş bir İskoçyalı’ydı. Şarkı da ilk kez 1971’de Canberra’da Kingston Hotel’de çalındı. Bogle, o yılın Nisan ayında yaşlı Anzac gazilerinin bir caddede yürümelerinden etkilenmiş ve bu şarkıyı yazmıştı. Aslında sözleriyle doğrudan Çanakkale savaşını hatırlatıyordu ama, tam Vietnam savaşı sırasında bir savaş karşıtı şarkı olarak dillere takıldı.
“And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda”, ilk kez rockcu John Curry tarafından 1974’te plağa kaydedildi. Ama şarkı önce İngiltere’de popüler oldu. Şarkıyı 1974’te Jane Herivel söyledi, ama daha sonraları June Tabor’un söyleyişi daha fazla sevildi. 1975-76’da Archie Fisher tarafından ABD’de tanıtılan parça İrlanda’ya girer girmez liste başına oturdu ve tüm 1976 yılında liste birinciliğini korudu.
Parçasını ilk kez 1977’de kendi sesiyle kaydeden Bogle, bu kaydın en kötü, dinlediği en iyi kaydın ise June Tabor’un enstrümansız söylediği versiyon olduğunu söylüyor. Parça, geçmiş yıllarda Fransızca, İspanyolca, Portekizce ve Danca da söylenip çalındı…
NOTES:
"Matilda" - the backpack and associated gear used by livestock drovers and prospecters
in remote areas of the Australian outback.
"Swag" - canvas sleeping bag
"Billabong" - creek or estuary, generally with an outlet to the sea and containing more or less brackish water.
Historical Note:
The Gallipoli Campaign (April 25, 1915-January 8, 1916),
a major land and sea operation of World War I, in which
British, French, Australian, and New Zealand forces
unsuccessfully attempted an invasion of Turkey.
The action was confined to the Dardanelles Strait
and the tip of the Gallipoli (Gelibolu) Peninsula near
Istanbul. The purpose of the campaign, devised by British
munitions minister David Lloyd George, first lord of the
admiralty Winston Churchill, General Herbert H. Kitchener,
and Admiral Sackville H. Carden, was to open up a new
theater of war as an alternative to the stalemate in
France, to relieve Turkish pressure on Russian forces
in the Caucasus, and, by gaining control of Istanbul
and the straits, to provide a direct link with Russia
via the Black Sea. This campaign is also significant
for Australians in that it marked the first time a major
Australian military force was commanded by Australian,
instead of English, officers.
What initially was to be exclusively a naval operation
failed in February 1915 when several British and French
ships were damaged by floating mines. A land invasion was
then decided on, but it was not begun until late April.
An amphibious landing at that time was met with heavy
resistance by the Turks. Excessive caution and timorous
leadership by the British commander, Sir Ian Hamilton,
resulted in several lost initiatives. Little headway
was made beyond the several beachheads. In early August,
after three months of stalemate and stagnation on the
beaches, a new major offensive was begun. Once again,
however, the excessive caution and indifferent leadership
of the British command offset the effect of heavy
reinforcements. The Turkish forces, on the other hand, were
inspired by the leadership of Mustafa Kemal (Kemal Atatürk,
later president of Turkey) and the skill of their German
commander, Otto Liman von Sanders. After a few more months
of stalemate, Hamilton was replaced by Sir Charles Monro,
who was sent to evaluate the situation. Monro recommended
evacuation, and the allied forces were withdrawn in December
and January. British casualties were 205,000 out of 410,000;
the French sustained a rate of 47,000 out of 79,000; Turkish,
250,000 to 300,000 out of 500,000. The fiasco badly
stained the reputations of Churchill, Hamilton, and Kitchener.
Despite its overall failure, however, the Gallipoli campaign
weakened the Turks enough to facilitate the British seizure
of Palestine in 1917. The action also distracted the Germans
from a plan they had in 1915 to begin another offensive in France.
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