Fightin Sons lyrics

(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