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Oh there once was a camped in the, Under the shade of a tree, And he sang as he looked at the old 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 MatildtaMatilda [sic] with me

Down came a to drink at the billabong, Up jumped the swagman & grabbed him with glee, And he said as he put him away in the “You’ll come a’waltzing Matilda with me”!—

Chorus: “You’ll come” etc

Down came the a’riding his , Down came, one, two and three, “Whose is the jumbuck you’ve got in the tucker bag? You’ll come a’waltzing Matilda with we [sic].”

Chorus: “You’ll come” etc

But the swagman he up & he jumped in the water-hole Drowning himself by the Coolibah tree, And his ghost may be heard as it sings by the billabong Who’ll come a’waltzing Matilda with me.

Chorus: “Who’ll come” etc