(Rose Tattoo)

Well, I was just a young man when they took me across the sea

Dressed me up in jungle green just to fight for democracy

I was just an Aussie boy in the jungle for the war

From all around the world we came not really knowing more

And you're a long way from home

Oh yes a long way from home

When you're all alone

War's got a way of making strangers into friends

I met three sons of the south and they became closer than kin

Thank god the orders came to bring the war to an end

With tears in my eyes I said goodbye to my best friends

Bobby and Bear, Sailor Bill and me

We was fightin' for democracy

Bobby and Bear, Sailor Bill and me

Us good old boys just got to be free, yeah

Now I know I'll probably never see those sons of the south again

To this Australian boy they'll always be closer than kin

And so I raise my glass to you, Bobby Bear and Bill

And though we're worlds apart, I'm thinking of you still

And men will be men wherever they may be

Deep in my heart you're the only friends of me

Bobby and Bear, Sailor Bill and me

They were fightin' sons of the confederacy

Bobby and Bear, Sailor Bill and me

Us good old boys just got a right to be free

Bobby and Bear, Sailor Bill and me

Us good old boys just gotta be free

We gotta be free, just gotta be free