Waltzing Matilda by Banjo Paterson

 

  Oh, there once was a swagman camped in the billabong,

  Under the shade of a coolibah tree,

  And he sang as he looked at the old billy boiling,

  Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?

  Chorus Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda my darling,

  Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?

  Waltzing Matilda and leading a waterbag,

  Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?

  Down came the jumbuck to drink at the water-hole,

  Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee,

  And he sang as he put him away in his tucker-bag,

  You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.

  Up came the Squatter a-riding his thoroughbred,

  Up came Policemen - one, two and three,

  Whose is that jumbuck you've got in the tucker-bag,

  You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.

  The swagman he up and he jumped in the water-hole,

  Drowning himself by the coolibah tree,

  And his ghost may be heard as it sings by the billabong,

  Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?

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