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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?' Chorus: 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?' Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson |
