Once a jolly swagman sat beside the billabong, Under the shade of a coulibah tree,
And he sang as he sat and waited by the billabong, 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 by the billabong, You'll come a waltzing matilda with me.
Down came a jumbuck to drink beside the billabong, Up jumped the swagman and seized him with glee
And he sang as he tucked jumbuck in his tuckerbag, You'll come a waltzing matilda with me.
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Down came the stockman, riding on his thoroughbred, Down came the troopers, one, two, three.
Where's the jolly jumbuck you've got in your tuckerbag? You'll come a waltzing matilda with me'.
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Up jumped the swagman and plunged into the billabong, You'll never catch me alive, cried he!
And his ghost may be heard as you ride beside the billabong, You'll come a waltzing matilda with me.
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