When The First Bombs Fell
19th of February 1942
Bathurst Island sent a message through
There's a big formation and they're bearing down
From the north-west headed straight for Darwin town
Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh
Woah
Ooh-woah
The first bomb exploded down beside the warf
They hit the USS Peary and the oil stores
The Neptuna went up in a ball of flame
The black smoke rose when the zero's came
We've got smoking barrels on the LMGs
Man the vickers, grab your .303s
We're on the ropes but we'll give 'em hell
Darwin rumbled when the first bombs fell
Thousand pounders blew the town apart
They hit the post office on the esplanade
A family died in the surprise attack
But the AA batteries were fight'n 'em back
Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh
Woah
Ooh-woah
The second wave unloaded on the aerodrome
Machine guns rattled and bombs exploded
Hangars blazing as the shrapnel flies
Armed invaders in Australian skies
We've got smoking barrels on the LMGs
Man the vickers, grab your .303s
We're on the ropes but we'll give 'em hell
Darwin rumbled when the first bombs fell
Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh
Woah
Ooh-woah
Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh
Woah
Ooh-woah
We've got smoking barrels on the LMGs
Man the vickers, grab your .303s
We're on the ropes but we'll give 'em hell
Smoking barrels on the LMGs
Man the vickers, grab your .303s
We're on the ropes but we'll give 'em hell
Darwin rumbled when the first bombs fell
Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh
Woah
Ooh-woah
Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh
Woah
Woah
Woah
Woah
Bathurst Island sent a message through
There's a big formation and they're bearing down
From the north-west headed straight for Darwin town
Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh
Woah
Ooh-woah
The first bomb exploded down beside the warf
They hit the USS Peary and the oil stores
The Neptuna went up in a ball of flame
The black smoke rose when the zero's came
We've got smoking barrels on the LMGs
Man the vickers, grab your .303s
We're on the ropes but we'll give 'em hell
Darwin rumbled when the first bombs fell
Thousand pounders blew the town apart
They hit the post office on the esplanade
A family died in the surprise attack
But the AA batteries were fight'n 'em back
Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh
Woah
Ooh-woah
The second wave unloaded on the aerodrome
Machine guns rattled and bombs exploded
Hangars blazing as the shrapnel flies
Armed invaders in Australian skies
We've got smoking barrels on the LMGs
Man the vickers, grab your .303s
We're on the ropes but we'll give 'em hell
Darwin rumbled when the first bombs fell
Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh
Woah
Ooh-woah
Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh
Woah
Ooh-woah
We've got smoking barrels on the LMGs
Man the vickers, grab your .303s
We're on the ropes but we'll give 'em hell
Smoking barrels on the LMGs
Man the vickers, grab your .303s
We're on the ropes but we'll give 'em hell
Darwin rumbled when the first bombs fell
Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh
Woah
Ooh-woah
Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh
Woah
Woah
Woah
Woah
Credits
Writer(s): Colin Buchanan, Garth Porter
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