Oh there once was a swagman camped in the billabongs
    Under the shade of a Coolibah tree
And he sang as he looked at the old billy boiling
    Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda my darling
    Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
Waltzing Matilda and leading a waterbag
    Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me

Up came the jumbuck to drink at the waterhole
    Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him in glee
And he sang as he put hime away in the tuckerbag
    You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me

Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda my darling
    Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
Waltzing Matilda and leading a waterbag
    Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me

Up came the squatter a-riding his thoroughbred
    Up came policemen one two three
Whose is the jumbuck you've got in the tuckerbag?
    You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me

Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda my darling
    Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
Waltzing Matilda and leading a waterbag
    Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me

Up sprang the swagman and jumped in the waterhole
    Drowning himself by the Coolibah
And his voice can be heard as it sings in the billabongs
    Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.

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