Waltzing Matilda
by Banjo Paterson

Courtesy of Wikipedia

Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong,
Under the shad 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 till his billy boiled,
"Who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me"?

Along came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong
Up jumped the swagman and seized 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
Who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me?
And he sand as he set that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me."

Up rode the squatter, mounted on his throughbred,
Down came the troopers -- one, two, three,"
Whose is that jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?
You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me."

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
Who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me?"
Whose is that jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?
You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me."

Up jumped the swagman, leapt into the billabong,
"You'll never catch me alive," said he,
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by the billabong,
"Who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me?"

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
Who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me?
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by the billabong,
"Who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me?"


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