Australian Remembrance Song: And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda (Remembrance Day Special)

And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda is a song written by Scottish-born Australian singer-songwriter Eric Bogle in 1971. The song describes war as futile and gruesome, while criticising those who seek to glorify it. This is exemplified in the song by the account of a young Australian soldier who is maimed at the Battle of Gallipoli during the First World War. The song's imagery evokes the devastation at the Gallipoli Landings. The protagonist, who had travelled across rural Australia before the war, is emotionally devastated by the loss of his legs in battle. As the years pass he notes the death of other veterans, while the younger generation becomes apathetic to the veterans and their cause. The song incorporates, at its conclusion, the melody and a few lines of lyrics of the 1895 song Waltzing Matilda by Australian poet Banjo Paterson.

Many cover versions of the song have been performed and recorded, as well as many versions in foreign languages.

FRANÇAIS : And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda (Et la fanfare jouait Waltzing Matilda ») est une chanson de l'auteur-compositeur australien d'origine écossaise Eric Bogle de 19711,2. La chanson décrit la guerre comme futile et cruelle, et critique ceux qui la glorifient. Ce qui est illustré dans la chanson par le récit d'un jeune soldat australien de l'ANZAC engagé dans la bataille de Gallipoli au cours de la Première Guerre mondiale.

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