Waltzing Matilda : The Story

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Waltzing Matilda is a famous Australian ballad that dates back to 1894. The words of the song were written by Andrew “Banjo” Paterson to the tune of The Craigielee March, which he heard Christina Macpherson play on the zither. Banjo Paterson was in Dagworth Station in Outback Australia visiting the Macpherson family when he wrote the lyrics. The tune that Christina Macpherson was playing inspired him to write the lyrics.

Waltzing Matilda combines two rather violent incidents that happened in Combo, Waterhole. One of these was the suicide of Hoffmeister and the found skin of a newly butchered sheep.