Waltzing Matilda

Waltzing Matilda Oh! there once was a swagman camped in the 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 in glee; And he sang as he put him away in his tucker-bag, ‘You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me!’ Down came the Squatter a-riding his thorough-bred; 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!

BANJO PATTERSON

Famous Austalian Poet