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:
"Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
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?"
Down came a 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 tucker-bag:
"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 tucker-bag:
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me."
Up rode a squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred
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!
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
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!"
Up jumped the swagman and 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!"