When 1914 began He was working on the land With his mum and dad He left behind his girl Joined up to see the world It made his mother sad And he made it through the war And came back to town To help his father work the fields And rebuild his life somehow And everybody calls him "The Anzac" And that's still what they call him now ♪ He set his mind to stay When his father passed away And the rivers ran dry He said "I'll take care of you Mum I've fought before and won We can win this fight" And all alone he'd work all day until he dropped Until the place got back to best, he didn't stop There were times he thought he'd been forgotten But every night at 6 o'clock Well they'd all stand for that man they called "The Anzac" For those who gave their lives for us They'd stand for that man they called "The Anzac" For fighting for the land he loved ♪ At the same time every year, we all remember them At the crack of dawn we stand as one For all our fallen friends So, we stand for that man they call "The Anzac" We will remember them So stand for that man they call "The Anzac" For those who gave their lives for us They stand for that man they call "The Anzac" For fighting for the land that he loves Oh, we stand for that man they call "The Anzac" For fighting for the land that he loves We will remember