Words and music: M. Cowan
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Roy sang this song whilst on an Australian tour
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it was taped by a fan and circulated.....
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Once a jolly swagman, camp´d by a billabong,
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Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
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And he sang as he watch´d and waited till his billy boiled,
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You´ll come a waltzing Matilda with me.
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Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
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You´ll come a waltzing Matilda with me,
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And he sang as he sat and waited till his billy boiled,
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You´ll come a waltzing Matilda with me.
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Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong,
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Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee,
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And he sang as he shaoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
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You´ll come a waltzing Matilda with me.
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Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
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You´ll come a waltzing Matilda with me,
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And he sang as he shaoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
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You´ll come a waltzing Matilda with me.
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Up rode the squatter mounted on his thoroughbred,
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Down come the troopers, one, two, three,
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Whose that jolly jumbuck you´ve got in your tucker bag?
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You´ll come a waltzing Matilda with me.
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Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
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You´ll come a waltzing Matilda with me,
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Whose that jolly jumbuck you´ve got in your tucker bag?
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You´ll come a waltzing Matilda with me.
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Up jumped the swagman, sprang into the billabong,
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Drowning himself by the coolibah tree,
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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 Matilda with me.
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Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
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You´ll come a waltzing Matilda with me,
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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 Matilda with me.
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Waltzing Matilda
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| Roy Orbison |
