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		Waltzing Matilda

PD: Banjo Patterson, 1895

notes: So much has been written about this song that anything I might offer would be superfluous.. except... I wonder why so few commentaries on this song ignore the metaphorical meaning of the title. ("Waltzing Matilda" also means commanding destiny. One aspires to waltz his own matilda. In this sense, "you'll come a-waltzing matilda with me", doesn't mean "let us go together". It mwans "you'll do what I tell you to do").


	Waltzing Matilda D A D G D A Once a Jolly swag-man camped by a billabong under the shade of a coolbough tree D A D G D G A D And he sang as he sat and waited ‘till his billy boiled: You’ll come a-waltzing matilda with me D G D G A Waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda, you’ll come a-waltzing matilda with me D A D G D G A D And he sang as he sat and waited ‘till his billy boiled: you’ll come a-waltzing matilda with me Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong Up jumped the swag-man and grabbed him with glee And he sang as he stove that 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 stove that Jumbuck in his tucker bag You’ll come a-waltzing matilda with me Up came the squatter, mounted 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 swag-man and sprang into the billabong You’ll never catch me alive, said he And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that 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 pass by that billabong You’ll come a-waltzing matilda with me