Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong,
Under the shade of a coolibah tree
He sang and he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled,
"You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me"
Waltzing Matilda, Matilda, my darlin',
You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me
He sang and he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled,
"You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me"
Well, down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong;
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee
He laughed as he stowed the jumbuck in his tucker-bag,
"You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me"
Waltzing Matilda, Matilda, my darlin',
You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me
He laughed as he stowed the jumbuck in his tucker-bag,
"You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me"
Well, up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred;
Up rode the troopers -- one, two, three
"Where's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker-bag?
You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me"
Waltzing Matilda, Matilda, my darlin',
You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me
"Where's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker-bag?
You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me"
Well, up jumped the swagman and jumped into the billabong;
"You'll never take me alive," said he
His ghost may be heard as you pass by the billabong,
"You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me"
Waltzing Matilda, Matilda, my darlin',
You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me
His ghost may be heard as you pass by the billabong,
"You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me"