G'day,
Here are the words to the Qld version. As you can see these words are almost identical to Banjo's original.WALTZING MATILDA Queensland Version
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Oh there once was a swagman camped in a billabong
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Under the shade of a coolibah tree
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And he sang as he looked at his old billy boiling
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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 waterbag
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.
Down came a jumbuck to drink at the waterhole
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 policeman, one, two, 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 waterhole
Drowning himself by the coolibah tree
And his ghost may be heard as it sings in the billabong
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.