Song Lyrics

Once a jolly swagman sat beside the billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree
And he sang as he sat and he 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 he 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 to the jumbuck in his tucker bag
"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 tucked to the jumbuck in his tucker bag
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me"

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 tucker bag?"
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me"

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me"
"Where's the jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?"
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me"

Up jumped the swagman, 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"

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me"
And his ghost may be heard as you ride beside the billabong
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me"

Dp, Patterson, John Francis Kane