The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #28379 Message #351946
Posted By: Jim Dixon
05-Dec-00 - 04:56 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The original Waltzing Matilda
Subject: The original WALTZING MATILDA ^^
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? ^^