The following song, held in the National Library of Australia
catalogued as ORAL TRC 2949/1 and written by Glen Tomasetti,
has been transcribed by Graham H Dodsworth from a 1969? field recording
sung by Martyn Wyndham-Read and collected/recorded by Mark Gregory. 

The Conscript – written by Glen Tomasetti.

1st. Verse:	
In New South Wales there lived a man a teacher bold and true,
Who wouldn’t be conscripted in the ballot of the few,
And when they called for him to serve he went along to court,’
And said I cannot go against the things that I’ve been taught.

2nd. Verse:	
Violence leads to violence and pain and useless tears,
Each war has spawned a bigger war these last ten thousand years,
A day of peace will never come, the tale will never end,
If a government says who must be my foe and who my friend.

3rd. Verse:	
An army is not an army except in time of war.
Destruction is the purpose it was created for.
I cannot call my enemy a people far away,
Who’ve waited now for blessed peace, through many a the weary day,

4th. Verse:	
Judge said ‘William White, into the army you must go,
Though your case does not convince me, you in action might be slow,
So as a cook or as a slushy or an orderly you’ll serve,
And help the front-line boys who have a different kind of nerve.’

5th. Verse:	
‘And William White, you will not go into your class again,
You may not farewell them and you may not explain.
And as you will not help us in Australia’s defence,
Any man who gives you work will be committing an offence.’

6th. Verse:	
In New South Wales there lived a man a teacher bold and true,
Who wouldn’t be conscripted in the ballot of the few,
And when they called for him to serve he went along to court,’
And said I cannot go against the things that I’ve been taught.

7th. Verse:	
Violence leads to violence and pain and useless tears,
Each war has spawned a bigger war these last ten thousand years,
A day of peace will never come, the tale will never end,
If a government says who must be my foe and who my friend.