Song Lyrics

Once a jolly swagman camped beside 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
“Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?”

Down came a jumpbuck to drink at the billabong
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee
And he sang as he stowed 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 stowed that jumpbuck in his tuckerbag
“You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?”

Down came a squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred
Down came the troopers – one, two, three
“Where’s that jolly jumpbuck you’ve got in our tuckerbag?
You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?”

Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong
“You’ll never take me alive!”, said he
And his ghost may be heard as you pass beside that billabong
“You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?”