A song to commemorate the Anzacs. In 1914 the largest gathering of ships even seen in Australian waters occurred at Albany in Western Australia. The men who sailed from there were bound for Gallipoli and an unknown fate.
Commissioned by the Western Australian Primary Schools' Massed Choir Festival, 2014.
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Age: 8 to adult Subject: World War I Anzac Day Genre: folk Performer: unison or 2-part choir opt. solo Musical Range: C#4 to D5
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The Green Hills of Albany Words and music by Glyn Lehmann
Verse 1 From all over Australia, New Zealand too The willing heeded the call From the farms and the goldfields, small towns, big cities To the West they came one and all
Verse 2 To the harbour they marched with purpose and pride To what fate no-one could say On Mt Clarence the townspeople gathered to cheer As they boarded the ships in the bay
CHORUS From the green hills of Albany They sailed away to sea From King George Sound To their destiny bound In the hills of Gallipoli
Verse 3 ‘Twas a sight never seen before nineteen fourteen A convoy of ships so grand Thirty thousand aboard headed for the Great War In a far away foreign land
Verse 4 To the distant horizon they headed full steam Looking back to the land from the sea And the last sight for many of the country they loved Were the green hills of Albany
CHORUS
Instrumental (The Last Post)
Verse 5 On Mt Clarence the townspeople gathered once more This time quiet and still In the dawn’s early light they made their pledge Remember them Remember them Remember them – we will