holdensolo

Track from the mix CD made for my daughter (5 months old)

WALTZING MATILDA

Once a jolly swagman camped by the billabong
Under the shade of a coolabah tree
And he sang as he sat and waited while his billy boiled
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
And he sang as he sat and waited by the billabong
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?

Along comes a jumbuck to drink up at the water hole
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee
And he said as he put the jumbuck in his tucker bag
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
And he sang as he sat and waited by the billabong
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?

Along comes a Squatter a riding on a thoroughbred
Up steps the Trooper - 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
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
And he sang as he sat and waited by the billabong
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?

Well the swagman he up and jumped into the water hole
Drowning himself by the Coolabah tree,
And his ghost may be heard as it sings in the billabong,
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
And he sang as he sat and waited by the billabong
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?


written by AB Paterson
version on mix performed by Dan Zanes and Debbie Harry