Waltzing Matilda

Waltzing Matilda

Oh there once was a swagman who 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?

Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda my darling,
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
A-waltzing Matilda and leading a waterbag,
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?

Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong,
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed it with glee,
And he sang as he put him away in the tuckerbag,
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me."

You'll come a waltzing Matilda my darling,
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.
A-Waltzing Matilda and leading a water bag,
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.


Down came the squatter a-riding his thoroughbred,
Down came policemen -- a-one, two, and three.
"Whose is the jumbuck you've got in the tuckerbag?
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me."

You'll come a-waltzing Matilda my darling,
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.
Waltzing Matilda and leading a water bag,
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.

And the swagman he up and he jumped in the waterhole,
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?"

Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda my darling,
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
Waltzing Matilda and leading a water bag,
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.