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