title: The Band Played Waltzing Matildakey: Generalharp type: Chromaticgenre: Dskill: AnyEric BogleKey: DTime: 6/8-2* 3 -3 -3 -3 -5 -5 -4 -3 -3 -4 -2*Now when I was a young man I car-ried a pack-2* 3 -3 -2* -2* 3 -2* 2 2 -1And I lived the free life of a rov-er-2* 3 -3 -3 -3 -5 -5From the Mur-ray’s green ba-sin5* -4 -3 -3 -4 -2*To the dust-y out-back,-2* 3 -3 -2* -2* 3 -2* 2 2 -1Well I waltzed my Ma-til-da all o-ver-5 -5 5* 5* -4 -3-4Then in nine-teen fif-teen5* -5 -5 6 -5The coun-try said son-5 5* -4 -3 -3 -4It’s time you stopped rov-ing5* -5 -5 -4 -3There’s work to be done-2* 3 -3 -3 -3 -5 -5So they gave me a tin hat5* -4 -3 -3-4 -2*And they gave me a gun-2*3 -3 -3-2* 3 -2* 2 -1And sent me a-way to the war-2* 3 -3 -3 -5 -5 -4 -4 -3And the band played Waltz-ing Ma-til-da-2* 3 -3 -3 -5 -5 -5 -4 -3As the ship pulled a-way from the quay-3 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -3 -3And ‘midst all the tears, the flag wav-ing-3 -4 -4 -3 -3 -2* 3 -2* 2 -1And cheers: we sailed off to Gal-li-po-li