waltzing mathilda

WALTZING MATHILDA


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1. Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
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    under the shade of a coolibah tree
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    and he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled,
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    "You`ll come a-waltzing Mathilda with me".
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          "Waltzing Mathilda,  waltzing Mathilda,
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          you`ll come a-waltzing Mathilda with me".
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          And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled,
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          "You`ll come a-waltzing Mathilda with me".

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2. Down came a jumback to drink at the billabong,
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     up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee.
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    And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
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    "You`ll come a-waltzing Mathilda with me".
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3. Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred,
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    up rode the troopers, one-two-three.
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    "Where`s that jolly jumbuck, you`ve got in your tucker bag?"
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    "You`ll come a-waltzing Mathilda with me."
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4. Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong,
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    "You`ll never catch me alive", said he.
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    And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,
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    "You`ll come a-waltzing Mathilda with me."