1. Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
under the shade of a coolibah tree.
And he sang as he sat and waited while his billy boiled:
“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 sat and waited while his billy boiled:
“You’ll come a’waltzing Matilda with me.”
2. Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong,
up jumped the swagman, grabbed him with glee,
and he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tuckerbag:
“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 tuckerbag:
“you’ll come a’waltzing Matilda with me.”
3. Up rode the squatter mounted on his thoroughbred,
down came the troopers, one, two, three,
“Whose that jolly jumbuck, you’ve got in your tuckerbag?
“You’ll come a’waltzing Matilda with me.”
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
you’ll come a’waltzing Matilda with me.
“Whose that jolly jumbuck, you’ve got in your tuckerbag?
“You’ll come a’waltzing Matilda with me.”
4. Up jumped the swagman, 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.”