そしてwaltzing matilda

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by Marie Cowan

Once a jolly swagman*1 camped by a billabong*2
Under the shade of a Coolibah tree
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled
You'll come a waltzing*3 Matilda*4 with me

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
And he sang as he watched and waited til his billy boiled
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me

Down came a jumbuck*5 to drink at that billabong
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee*6
And he sang as he shoved*7 that jumbuck in his tuckerbag
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
And he sang as he watched and waited til his billy boiled
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me

Up rode the squatter*8 mounted on his thoroughbred*9
Down came troopers*10 one two three
Whose that jumbuck you've got in the tuckerbag?
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
And he sang as he watched and waited til his billy boiled
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me

Up jumped the swagman and sprang*11 into the billabong
You'll never catch me alive said he
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.

*1:an unemployed drifter

*2:waterhole

*3:walking along

*4:bedroll

*5:sheep

*6:joy

*7:push forward

*8:short and thick

*9:サラブレッド

*10:おまわりさん

*11:past tense of spring