Tonalité : D major•
Verse 1
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There's a statue of a donkey
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on South Shield's seafront
He's a decorated donkey
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and with him stands a man
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And the man's name is Jackie,
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he has no decorations
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Though he was a hero down
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on the Siles
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On South Shield's seafront,
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Jackie sold donkey rides
His favourite was Murphy,
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an d he waited on the tide
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To give rides to little children,
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to flirt with the pretty girls
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Then he's joined the Merchant Navy
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And he's off to see the world
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He's sailed the wide world
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all over Jackie
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Till he come to Newcastle
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in New South Wales
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It had more than enough
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stoking coal
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For rolling seas and heavy gales
So you changed your name
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to plain John Simpson
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You jumped ship
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and you rambled all down on the shore
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A shearing, drawing, larrikin,
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and a new recruit for war.
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Give a dog a bad name, Jackie
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Some things never change
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A hun dred years are almost gone,
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not a medal to your name
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Some things never change, Jackie,
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and perhaps they never will
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They give a dog a bad name,
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but you're a hero still
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When I signed up for this Army,
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Murphy,
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Thought I might catch a
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troopship home,
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Maybe change me name
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just one more time,
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And never more to roam.
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But we didn't sail to England, Murphy,
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No, we sailed right into Hell.
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Now I'm a stretcher -bearer
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in the bloody Dardanelles.
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You know I don't like taking orders
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Murphy, that's not the way I am
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But now we've got this job to do
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and I'll do the best I can
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Oh you and me are muckers
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Murphy, down here on the sand
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I'll whistle and I'll sing my songs
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and we'll march to beat the band
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Jesus, you know I'm tired, Murphy
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Breakfast wasn't ready today
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They said they'd keep my dinner hot
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Come on, lad, we're on our way
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Down to Shrapnel Gully again,
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to the land of blood and
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flesh and bone
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We've done it now so many times,
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you could damn near fetch them on your own
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Did you hear the machine gun rattle,
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Jackie?
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Did you feel the bullets tearing through?
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I pray that peace and quiet and dark
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are the last things that you knew.
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You saved 300 wounded men,
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you and Murphy on your own
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And you died to save the very last,
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and Murphy fetched him back alone
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Give a dog a bad name, Jackie
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Some things never change
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A hundred years are almost gone
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Not a medal to your name
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Some things never change, Jackie,
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and perhaps they never will
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While the blood less fools in Whitehall,
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they sit in judgement still
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