Waltzing Matilda

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Waltzing Matilda

"Waltzing Matilda" is a song developed in the Australian style of poetry and folk music called a bush ballad. It has been described as the country's "unofficial national anthem".The title was Australian slang for travelling on foot (waltzing) with one's belongings in a "matilda" (swag) slung over one's back. The song narrates the story of an itinerant worker, or "swagman", making a drink of billy tea at a bush camp and capturing a stray jumbuck (sheep) to eat. When the jumbuck's owner, a squatter (landowner), and three troopers (mounted policemen) pursue the swagman for theft, he declares "You'll never catch me alive!" and commits suicide by drowning himself in a nearby billabong (watering hole), after which his ghost haunts the site. The original lyrics were… more »

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Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree
And he sang as he watched and waited til' his billy boiled
"Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me?"
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
"Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me?"
And he sang as he watched and waited til' his billy boiled
"Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me?"

Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag
"You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me!"
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
"You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me!"
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag
"You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me!"

Up rode a squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred
Down came the troopers one, two, three
"Who's that jolly jumbuck you've got in you tucker bag?"
"You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me!"
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
"You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me!"
"Who's that jolly jumbuck you've got in you tucker bag?"
"You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me!"

Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong
"You'll never catch me alive!!" said he
And his ghost maybe heard as you pass by that billabong
"You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me!"
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
"You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me!"
And his ghost maybe heard as you pass by that billabong
"Youll come a watzing matilda with me!"

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