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The Song
Tune: Marching Through Georgia
Strap your belts and buckles on, and slope your blooming guns;
Show our own loved Commonwealth that we are just the ones;
Shove your manly bosoms out and prove we are the sons
Who mean to be a credit to Australia.
CHORUS:- Hurrah! Hurrah! We don't know where we are
Hurrah! Hurrah! We're on the "Berrima";
We volunteered for service from our own Australia
When we set out to capture Papua.
First we learnt the goose step, then to hold the gun;
Then they taught us how to shoot at targets one by one,
Then with our Hekometer we double out and run,
To calculate the ranges for Australia.
CHORUS:- Hurrah! Hurrah! etc.
Our Expedition's No 1 we're always fresh & fit;
We're all the very best of pals, work hard, & play a bit;
We mean to leave the "Berrima" as models every whit,
When we set out to capture Papua
CHORUS:- Hurrah! Hurrah! etc