Waltzing Matilda 
words banjo paterson late 1800’s

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Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
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under the shade of a coolibah tree
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And he sang as he watched and he waited ‘till his billy boiled
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Who’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me
                  

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Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
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You’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me
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And he sang as he watched and he waited ‘till his billy boiled
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You’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me

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Down come a jumbuck to drink at the billabong
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Up jumped a swagman and grabbed him with glee
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And he sang as he stowed him away in his tucker bag
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You’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me………………...CHORUS

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Up rode the squatter a riding his thoroughbred
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Up rode the troopers one, two, three
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Where is that jumbuck you’ve got in your tucker bag
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You’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me…………..CHORUS

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But the swagman he up and jumped in the billabong
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Drowning him - self  by the coolibah tree
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And his ghost may be heard as it sings in the billabong
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Who’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me………CHORUS