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.
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 watched and waited 'til his billy boiled,
You'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 stowed 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 stowed that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me.

[Instrumental]

Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred,
Up rode the troopers, one, two, three,
With that jolly jumbuck that you've got in your tucker bag
You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me.

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me.
With the jolly jumbuck that you've got in your tucker bag
You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me.

Up jumped the swagman, and sprang into the billabong,
You'll never take me alive said he,
And his ghost may be heard as you're passing 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 may be heard as you're passing by that billabong,
You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me,
You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me.

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* This is probably Australia's best known bush ballad, which came
from the poem by Andrew Barton(Banjo) Patterson.
An explanation of some of the terms below for our overseas readers.

Swagman: a tramp or itinerant worker, travelling from one location to another.
Billabong: A waterhole.
Coolabah Tree: A type of Eucalyptus tree.
Billy: A tin in which he boils water or tea.
Matilda: a bag (swag) for his belongings. Often slung over over his shoulder and
swinging from side to side (waltzing).
Jumbuck: Male sheep.
Tucker: Food.
Squatter: A landowner with no legal claim to the land.

From his album: "The Very Best of Slim Dusty"
Songwriters/Composers: Andrew Barton (Banjo) Patterson;

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