Waltzing Matilda : Typical Lyrics

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Banjo Paterson wrote the words of the famous Australian ballad ‘Waltzing Matilda'. The music came from a tune that Christina Macpherson played at a gathering at Dogworth Station. The tune that Macpherson played was a Scottish tune called Craigielea

The Waltzing Matilda typical lyrics are as follows. These are the original words as written by Banjo Patterson.

Oh, there once was a swagman camped in the billabong
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?

Chorus

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?

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

Up came the Squatter a-ridding his thoroughbred
Up came Policemen - one, two and three
Whose is that jumbuck you've got in the tucker-bag

You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.

The swagman he up and he jumped in the waterhole
Drowning himself by the coolibah tree
And his ghost may be heard as it sings by the billabong
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?

When the Billy Tea Company bought the copyright to the song and used it to advertise their product, they changes the line ‘drowning himself by the coolibah tree' to ‘you'll never take me alive'. The change on the Waltzing Matilda typical lyrics was due to the negative impression that ‘drowning' connotes.

Another variation of the Waltzing Matilda lyrics went like this:

Oh, there was once was a swagman camped in billabong
Under the shade of a Coolibah tree
And he sang as he looked at the old billy boiling
Who'll come a roving Australia with me?

Chorus:

Who'll come a rovin (the rest missing)
Who'll come a waltzin' Matilda with me?
Waltzing Matilda and leading a tucker bag
Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me?

An American singing group, The New Christy Minstrels released a version of Waltzing Matilda with a difference on the last verse of typical lyrics. It goes like this:

I'm just a simple swagman who'd be obliged to fare thee well
I'm just a journeying down to the sea
For it's God bless the Queen who gave to you this billabong
And it was God who gave that jumbuck to me.