Anzac Day 2009

[Maz]

An Ode to the Fallen

ByRebecca Bell

In the warfields of Flanders, the Somme and of France,
The poppies are blooming, they sway and they dance.
Ten thousand Australians, all tanned and all fit
Have come to this Country, the enemy to hit.

The guns were all thundering, sombre and dull -
The infantry streaming, then so mournful a lull.
Our brave boys are falling courageous and strong
Hark! Something has happened, something is wrong!

The Light Horse are stumbling, shaken and falling -
They rally their mates on, true to their calling..
The battle swords clatter, the foes are retreating
The Aussies press onwards, their mission completing.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.

[Crispin]

Lest we forget

[Carmel]

Fading light dims the sight,
And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright.
From afar drawing nigh -- Falls the night.

Day is done, gone the sun,
From the lake, from the hills, from the sky;
All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.

Then good night, peaceful night,
Till the light of the dawn shineth bright;
God is near, do not fear -- Friend, good night.


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I heard 5aa regular caller 'Wally' sing these lyrics to the "Last Post" on William's Mid to Dawn this morning and it is the first time in my life I have heard the actual lyrics...