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This song has been a very popular song in Australia since the 1895 when it was written by Banjo Paterson. The song was first published in 1903. It is considered to be the unofficial national anthem on Australia.
Waltzing Matilda
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Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
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under the shade of a coolibah tree
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And he sang as he watched and he waited ‘till his billy boiled
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Who’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me
D G
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
D A
You’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me
D A/c# Bm G
And he sang as he watched and he waited ‘till his billy boiled
D A D
You’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me
D A Bm G
Down come a jumbuck to drink at the billabong
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Up jumped a swagman and grabbed him with glee
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And he sang as he stowed him away in his tucker bag
D A D
You’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me………………...CHORUS
D A Bm G
Up rode the squatter a riding his thoroughbred
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Up rode the troopers one, two, three
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Where is that jumbuck you’ve got in your tucker bag
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You’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me…………..CHORUS
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But the swagman he up and jumped in the billabong
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Drowning him - self by the coolibah tree
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And his ghost may be heard as it sings in the billabong
D A D
Who’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me………CHORUS