Waltzing Matilda

Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong,

Under the shade of a coolibah tree,

And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled,

“You’ll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.”

Chorus

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,

“You’ll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.”

And he sang as he watched and waited will his billy boiled,

“You’ll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.”

(Substitute 3rd line of verse in each chorus)

Down came a jumbuk to drink at that billabong,

Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee,

And he sang as he shoved that jumbuk in his tucker bag,

“You’ll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.”

Up rode the squatter mounted on his thoroughbred,

Down came the troopers-one, two, three,

“Whose that jolly jumbuk you’ve got in your tucker bag?”

“You’ll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.”

Up jumped the swagman, sprang into that billabong,

“You ‘ll never catch me alive.” said he.”

And his ghost may be heard as you pass be that billabong,

“You’ll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.”