What's A Few Men?
 Versions
Commentary
Lyrics
Versions
| Version |
Length |
Source |
Availability |
| Studio |
3:08 |
What's A Few Men? album. |
Extremely common. Available new in Australia on
CD. |
| Studio |
3:06 |
2 CD versions of the Natural
Selection album. |
Moderately rare. |
Studio (remix)
 |
3:37 |
Non-LP versions of the Fate album. |
Moderately common. |
| Studio (remix) |
3:37 |
UK 12" Do You See What I See?
single. |
Very rare. |
| Live Acoustic |
3:39 |
Mark Seymour Daytime
and the Dark album. |
Moderately common. Available new in Australia on
CD. |
| Live [1] |
3:33 |
Australian Imaginary Girl single. |
Moderately rare. |
| Live [2] |
3:50 |
Under One Roof album
and video. |
Extremely common. Available new in Australia on CD
and DVD. |
Recommended Version.
Commentary
Comments from the Natural
Selection liner notes (by Mark Seymour):
Another war story. Albert Facey's autobiography, written
during WW1... A beautiful tale of courage and suffering, in the face of enemy
gunfire, and the indifference to Australian dead amongst the British officer
class. Lyrics
The colonel said "These bodies stink
Won't someone come and drag them away?"
We try to clean them up but they mow us down
And the English colonel looks the other way
Well the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
Well I ran for the trench but I had no time to speak
Well my heart said yes but my head said no
When the English colonel said "it's time to go"
He said "What's a few men?"
He said "What's a few men?"
He said "What's a few men?"
The colonel's job is never done
So he declares timeout on Christmas Day
We held the enemy in our arms
And we ploughed each others dead into the clay
Oh the Lord said death will be no longer
And all of these things will pass away
There will be no sorrow and there will be no pain
And we'll swap cigarettes on Christmas Day [All the loved ones down upon their knees
When the English colonel said it's time to leave]
Well my heart said yes but my head said no
When the English colonel said "it's time to go"
He said "What's a few men?"
He said "What's a few men?"
He said "What's a few men?"
[repeat...]
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