Once a jolly swagman camped down by a billabong, Under the shade of a coolabah tree. And he sang as he watched and he waited till 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 he waited till his billy boiled, You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me. Down came a jumbuck to drink at that 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 the squatter mounted on his thoroughbred Down came the troopers one, two, three. Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tuckerbag? You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tuckerbag? You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me. Up jumped the swagman, and he sprang into the billabong You'll never catch me alive said he And his ghost can be 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 can be heard as you pass by that billabong You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me. Some terms: swag is a bundle of "stuff" a swagman is person who roams the land and takes work only when he wants. He carries his swag with him. Waltzing Matilda is to live the life of a swagman a billabong is like a marsh a billy is a tin can you boil tea in tucker is food jumbuck is a young sheep squatter is a landowner
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