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John Williamson
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Mum and Dad and Danny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal
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It was a long march from cadets
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The sixth battalion was next to tour, it was me who drew the card
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We did Canungra, Shoalwater, before we left
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And Townsville lined the footpaths as we marched down to the quay
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This clipping from the paper shows a youngon', strong and clean
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And there's me with me slouch hat, my slr and greens
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God help me - I was only nineteen
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From Vung Tau riding Chinooks to the dust at Nui Dat
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I'd been in and out of choppers now for months
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We made our tents a home, V. B. And pinups on the lockers
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And an Asian orange sunset through the scrub
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And can you tell me, doctor, why I can't get to sleep?
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And night time's just a jungle dark and a barking M. 16?
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And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means?
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God help me - I was only nineteen
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A four week operation, any step could be your last one on two legs
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It was a war within yourself
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But you wouldn't let your mates down 'til they had you dusted off
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So you closed your eyes and you thought about somethin' else
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Then someone yelled out "Contact", and the bloke behind me swore
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We hooked in there for hours, then a God almighty roar
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Frankie kicked the mine the day that mankind kicked the moon
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God help me - he was goin' home in June
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I can still see Frankie, drinkin' tinnies in the Grand Hotel
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On a thirty-six hour rec. Leave in Vung Tau
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And I can still hear Frankie, lyin' screamin' in the jungle
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'Til the morphine came and killed the bloody row
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And the Anzac legends didn't mention mud and blood and tears
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And the stories that my father told me never seemed quite real
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And I caught some pieces in my back that I d
I was only 19
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