Bend your head, and shed a tear,

For your son, who serve so dear

Faith and Guts and Rifle Butts,

Left a trail, of blood stained dust.

Chorus   

So here we are, Where we belong,

173rd, So proud and strong

Lift your head, and hold it high,

173rd is passing by.

Aussie Diggers, Fight with us too,

"Duty First" they say, Their words are true

In Jungles deep, They showed us how,

We say "VC come fight us now". 

So here we are, Where we belong,

173rd, So proud and strong

Lift your head, and hold it high,

173rd is passing by.

Sweat upon, Their sun-burned brows,

173rd has shown them how

War zone "D" we met our test,

Mekong Delta, We are the best.

So here we are, Where we belong,

173rd, So proud and strong

Lift your head, and hold it high,

173rd is passing by

To Nui Dat, the "Tigers" came,

With the "HERD" the won great fame.

Dak To and Tet, We won and died,

"Jungle of screaming souls" the NVA cried.

So here we are, Where we belong,

173rd, So proud and strong

Lift your head, and hold it high,

173rd is passing by

My wife who waits, at home so true,

I sing this song, my dear for you.

Tell our son that I fight Brave,

For Freedom Land which we must save.