G'day,
From Two Hundred And Twenty Popular Scottish Songs:-
THOU BONNIE WOOD O' CRAIGIELEA
G'day,
Here is the most widely known version of Waltzing Matilda, ARRANGED by Marie Cowan in 1903 for Jimmy Inglis, to be used in a Billy Tea promotion. Inglis had heard the song being sung by Boer war veterans in Sydney pubs.This is not quite the same as the version in the DT, but it's the way we sing it here.
WALTZING MATILDA
D A Bm G
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
D A7 D
Under the shade of a coolibah tree
A Bm G
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled
D A7 D
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.
D G
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
D G D A
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
D A7 Bm G
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled
D A7 D
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.
Down came the jumbuck to drink at the billabong
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tuckerbag
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tuckerbag
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.
Up rode the squatter mounted on his thoroughbred
Down came the troopers, one, two, three
Where's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tuckerbag
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tuckerbag
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.
Up jumped the swagman, sprang into the billabong
You'll never catch me alive said he
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.