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The Slouch Hat
 
It's Part of our long history and it's served in many wars,
from desert sands to jungles deep on many foreign shores.
It's worn by all our Diggers, with pride, and that's a fact,
and recognised around the world, as the "Aussies old Slouch Hat".

Khaki is the colour with a lighter pugaree,
and a highly polished chin strap for all the World to see.
The left side brim loops upward and displays the rising sun,
and the pride in those who wear it, is seen by everyone.

The trenches at Gallipoli and the tough Kakoda Trail
the hat was worn in battles and never did it fail.
It's been highly decorated, won medals by the score,
it's won "VCs" and "DCMs" and many, many more.

Even in more recent times, in Korea and Vietnam,
it served a tour of duty with Australia's fighting man.
In the jungles of Malaya and the hills around Nui Dat,
our diggers have fought in battles and with them, the old Slouch Hat. 



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