Waltzing Matilda Composer(s): A.B. "Banjo" Paterson Performer(s): John Williamson; and various other artists
Oh! there once was a swagman camped in a Billabong Under the shade of a Coolabah tree And he sang as he looked at his old billy boiling "Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?"
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda, my darling? Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me? Waltzing Matilda and leading a water-bag Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
Down came a jumbuck to drink at the water-hole Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee And he sang as he stowed him away in his tucker-bag "You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me"
Down came the Squatter a-riding his thoroughbred Down came Policemen -- one, two and three "Whose is the jumbuck you've got in the tucker-bag? You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me!"
But the swagman he up and he jumped in the water-hole Drowning himself by the Coolabah tree And his ghost may be heard as it sings in the Billabong "Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?"
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