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Once a jolly swagman camped beside a billabong
(Hobo, travelling contractor) (a lakeshore)
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Under the shade of coolibah tree
(a kind of tree they don?t have here)
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And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled
(billy=coffee. No Starbucks in the outback)
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You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
(his bedroll and dancing partner)
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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 waited 'til his billy boiled
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You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
verse 2
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Down came a jumbuck to dri-ink at that billabong
(sheep)
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Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee
(apparent free lunch)
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And he sang as he stuffed that jumbuck in his tucker-bag
(that?s a bag for your tucker)
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You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
Chorus
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Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred
(man who owns the sheep) (fancy name for horse)
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Up rode the troopers, one, two, three (the cops, guns drawn)
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"Who?s that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker-bag?"
(oops no free lunch)
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You'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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"Who?s that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker-bag?"
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You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
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Up jumped the swagman and sprang into that billabong (splash)
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"You'll never take me alive!", said he (he can?t swim)
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And his ghost may be heard as you stroll beside that billabong
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You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
Chorus
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And that?s why this song will never be Australia?s national anthem
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You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me