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(Carrying a Swag.)
Oh! there once was a swagman camped in the Billabong, / Under the shade of a Coolabah tree; / And he sang as he looked at his 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 water-bag -- / Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
Down came a jumbuck to drink at the water-hole, / Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him in glee; / And he sang as he put him away in his tucker-bag, / "You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me!"
Down came the Squatter a-riding his thorough-bred; / Down came Policemen -- one, two, and three. / "Whose is the jumbuck you've got in the tucker-bag? / You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me."
But the swagman, he up and he jumped in the water-hole, / Drowning himself by the Coolabah tree; / And his ghost may be heard as it sings in the Billabong, / "Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?"