Once a jol-ly swag-man,
Camped by a bil-la-bong,
Un-der the shade,
Of a cool-i-bah tree,
And he sang as he watched
And waited til his bil-ly boi-led,
Who'll come a-walt-zing Ma-til-da with me?
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Walting Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
who'll come a Watlzing 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.
CHORUS
Down came the squatter mounted on his thoroughbred
Down came the troopers one, two, three,
Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda.
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Well up jumped the swagman and leapt into the billabong,
"You'll never catch me alive" said he,
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by the billabong,
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?