A. B. 'Banjo' Paterson

full name Andrew Barton Paterson Australian poet 1864-1941

Australia 1968

Waltzing Matilda Oh there once was a swagman camped in the billabongs,   Under the shade of a Coolibah tree; And he sang as he looked at the old billy boiling   "Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me." CHORUS:   Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda, my darling.     Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.   Waltzing Matilda and leading a water-bag.     Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me. Up came the jumbuck to drink at the waterhole,   Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee; And he sang as he put him away in his tucker-bag,   "Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me." [CHORUS] Up came the squatter a-riding his thoroughbred;   Up came the policeman - one, two, and three. "Whose is the jumbuck you've got in the tucker-bag?   You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with we." [CHORUS] Up sprang the swagman and jumped into the waterhole,   Drowning himself by the Coolibah tree; And his voice can be heard as it sings in the billabongs,   "Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me." [CHORUS]