Waltzing Matilda
| Category: | Fun |
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| Link: | Performance Example |
| Notes: | Australian folk song with some fun vocabulary: swagman=traveling worker, billabong=watering hole, jumbuck=sheep, tucker bag=food bag, squatter=landowner. Worth explaining before singing. |
GOnce a jolly swagman camped by a Cbillabong
GUnder the shade of a Dcoolibah tree
And he Gsang as he watched and Cwaited till his billy boiled
G"You'll come a-waltzing Ma-Dtilda with Gme"
CWaltzing Ma-Gtilda, waltzing Ma-Dtilda
GYou'll come a-waltzing Ma-Ctilda with Gme
And he Gsang as he watched and Cwaited till his billy boiled
G"You'll come a-waltzing Ma-Dtilda with Gme"
GDown came a jumbuck to drink at the Cbillabong
GUp jumped the swagman and Dgrabbed him with glee
And he Gsang as he shoved that Cjumbuck in his tucker bag
G"You'll come a-waltzing Ma-Dtilda with Gme"
CWaltzing Ma-Gtilda, waltzing Ma-Dtilda
GYou'll come a-waltzing Ma-Ctilda with Gme
And he Gsang as he shoved that Cjumbuck in his tucker bag
G"You'll come a-waltzing Ma-Dtilda with Gme"
GUp rode the squatter, mounted on his Cthoroughbred
GDown came the troopers, Done, two, and three
"Whose Gthat jolly jumbuck you've Cgot in your tucker bag?
GYou'll come a-waltzing Ma-Dtilda with Gme!"
CWaltzing Ma-Gtilda, waltzing Ma-Dtilda
GYou'll come a-waltzing Ma-Ctilda with Gme
"GWhose that jolly jumbuck you've Cgot in your tucker bag?
GYou'll come a-waltzing Ma-Dtilda with Gme!"
GUp jumped the swagman, sprang into the Cbillabong
G"You'll never take me Dalive!" cried he
And his Gghost may be heard as you Cpass by that billabong
G"You'll come a-waltzing Ma-Dtilda with Gme"
CWaltzing Ma-Gtilda, waltzing Ma-Dtilda
GYou'll come a-waltzing Ma-Ctilda with Gme
And his Gghost may be heard as you Cpass by that billabong
G"You'll come a-waltzing Ma-Dtilda with Gme"
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