"You wonder if the war is worth the price"
Faithe JonesBoer War 1899 - 1902
When the dash and the excitement and the novelty are dead,
And you’ve seen a load of wounded once or twice,
Or you’ve watched your old mate dying – with the vultures overhead,
Well, you wonder if the war is worth the price.
And down along Monaro now they’re starting out to shear,
I can picture the excitement and the row;
But they’ll miss me on the Lachlan when they call the roll this year,
For we’re going on a long job now.
An excerpt from "On The Trek" by A. B. "Banjo" Paterson 1902
