When the First Bombs Fell Lyrics

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-h-h
Oh-h-h
W-oah
O-h-h-h
The first bomb exploded down beside the warf
They hit the USS Pirie and the oil stores

The Neptune went up in a ball of flame
The black smoke rose when the zero's came
We've got
Smokin barrells on the LMG's
Man the vicker's
Grab your .303's
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
O-h-h-h
O-h-h-h
W-oah
O-h-h-h
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
Smokin barrells on the LMG's
Man the vicker's
Grab your .303's
We're on the ropes but we'll give 'em hell
Darwin rumbled when the first bombs fell
O-h-h-h
O-h-h-h
W-oah
O-h-h-h
O-h-h-h
O-h-h-h
We've got
Smokin barrells on the LMG's
Man the vicker's
Grab your .303's
We're on the ropes but we'll give 'em hell
Darwin rumbled when the first bombs fell
Smokin barrells on the LMG's
Man the vicker's
Grab your .303's
We're on the ropes but we'll give 'em hell
Darwin rumbled when the first bombs fell
O-h-h-h
O-h-h-h
W-oah
O-h-h-h
O-h-h-h
O-h-h-h
W-oah
W-oah
W-oah