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On Sat, 06 Oct 2012 09:03:44 -0400, Dave Smith
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>On 06/10/2012 1:05 AM, Cheri wrote:
>> "Somebody" > wrote in message ...
>>> "Cheri" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> I think this rates right up there
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>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46o1joHp7t0
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>>>
>>> There's also "Honey"
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59BZxgohr9g

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>> And this:
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIgQNRg_sBk

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>Van Morrison with The Chieftains....Carrick Fergus
>The first time I listened to the lyrics it brought tears to my eyes.
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>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSngcH-TVWU



The Band Played Waltzing Matilda does it for me--
[with lyrics]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqU8187oyko

The fourth verse is a universal truth-
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So they collected the crippled, the wounded, the maimed
And they shipped us back home to Australia
The armless, the legless, the blind, the insane
Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla
And as our ship pulled into Circular Quay
I looked at the place where my legs used to be
And thank Christ there was nobody waiting for me
To grieve and to mourn and to pity
And the band played Waltzing Matilda
As they carried us down the gangway
But nobody cheered, they just stood and stared
Then turned all their faces away
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Jim