The bow cut the swell on a course set for Timor The Armidale ploughed through the waves The enemy found us sent bombs and torpedoes Out gunned and outnumbered we prayed Abandon the Ship came the call through the chaos Jump for your lives the Ship's going down And I saw Teddy Sheean he was wounded and bleedin' Strapped to his Oerlikon Gun And he kept on firing as he was dragged under So noble for someone so young Forever Eighteen We'll never forget Teddy Sheean The blood and oil coated men in the water The Stern rose and then disappeared We clung to the wreckage And still the came at us Till' the Silence of evening drew near We floated to Whalers an a raft from The Flockson We hung on and waited for help to arrive And I saw Teddy Sheean he was wounded and bleedin' Strapped to his Oerlikon Gun And he kept on firing as he was dragged under So noble for someone so young Forever Eighteen We'll never forget Teddy Sheean The men who survived owe their lives to the lad The boy who stood strong and held on and fought on till the end I saw Teddy Sheean he was wounded and bleedin' Strapped to his Oerlikon Gun And he kept on firing as he was dragged under So noble for someone so young Forever Eighteen We'll never forget Teddy Sheean