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Anzac Day - Tasmania.

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Who will remember the Anzacs

When the last has gone to his rest?

Only the few remaining now

They cannot forget.

Who will remember the Anzacs

The clear-eyed boys long gone?

Swept by the winds of horror

To where they did not belong?

Who will remember the Anzacs?

Their sweethearts and their wives

Now fading into history

At the evening of their lives.

Who will remember the Anzacs?

After nearly ninety years

Their names are rarely spoken

And long-dried are the tears

So who will remember the Anzacs?

To give the future warning?

That was the thought that troubled me

As I walked out this morning.

Then as I stood by the cenotaph

The crowds were gathered round

The brass band played for all of them

The service stilled the town

The diggers in their eighties

Marched along the street

Led by all our Anzacs

On silent tramping feet

The youngsters from Korea

And many another war

Led Reservists in their twenties

Who have never left our shore

Behind them came the children

Teens and under tens

So who will remember the Anzacs?

Oh, we remember them!

And though they've gone to glory

Through nearly ninety years

Though names are seldom spoken

And long-dry are the tears

The Anzacs may be reassured

That we're still standing free

And every April 25th

We keep their anniversary

So who will remember the Anzacs

When the last has gone to his rest?

Australians will remember them

For we will not forget.

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