“Waltzing Matilda”

Once a Jolly swagman camp'd by a billa-bong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree

And he sang as he watch'd and waited till his billy boiled,

“Who’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 till his billy boiled
You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me.

Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee
And he sang as he stowed that jumpbuck in his tucker bag
“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 shoved that jumbuck in his tucker-bag
You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me.

Down came the Squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred
Up rode the troopers, one, two, three
“Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in ya tucker-bag?”
“You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.”

chorus:
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me
Whose 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
“Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me?”

chorus:
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.

-Lyrics by Banjo Peterson (1895)