verse 1
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Once a jolly swagman camp'd by a billabong
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under the shade of a cool-i-bah tree and he
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sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled
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You'll come a waltzing Ma-til-da with me
Chorus
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Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
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you'll come a waltzing Ma-til-da with me and he
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sang as watched and waited till his billy boiled
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you'll come a waltzing Matilda with me
verse 2
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Down came a jumbuck to drink at the water-hole
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Up Jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee
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And he sang as he stowed that jumpbuck in his tucker bag
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You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
verse 3
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Down came the Squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred
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Down came the troopers, one , two and three
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Whose is that jumbuck you've got in ya tucker-bag?
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You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
verse 4
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But the swagman he up and jumped in the water-hole
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Drowning himself by the Coolibah tree
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And his ghost may be heard as you pass by the billabong
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Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me