Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong,
Waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda,
Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong,
Waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda,
Up rode a squatter mounted on his thoroughbred,
Waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda,
Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong,
Waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda,
Under the shade of a coulibah tree,
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled,
"Who'll come a-waltzing matilda with me?
"Who'll come a-waltzing matilda with me?"
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled,
"Who'll come a-waltzing matilda with me?"
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee.
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
"You'll come a-waltzing matilda with me.
You'll come a-waltzing matilda with me."
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
"You'll come a waltzing matilda with me.
Down came the troopers, one, two, three.
"Who's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?
You'll come a-waltzing matilda with me.
You'll come a-waltzing matilda with me.
"Who's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?
"You'll come a-waltzing matilda with me.
"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."
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."