In honor of my new ladyfriend, Mathinda the Bicycle, here are the lyrics to a traditional Australian anthem that happens to be a vagrant campfire favorite as well!
Waltzing Mathilda
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong,
Under the shade of a Coolibah tree,
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boil,
You'll come a Waltzing Mathilda with me.
Waltzing Mathilda, Waltzing Mathilda,
You'll come a Waltzing Mathilda with me,
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boil
You'll come a Waltzing Mathilda with me.
Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee,
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag
You'll come a Waltzing Mathilda with me.
Waltzing Mathilda, Waltzing Mathilda,
You'll come a Waltzing Mathilda with me,
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag
You'll come a Waltzing Mathilda with me.
Up rode the squatter mounted on his thorough-bred
Down came the troopers One Two Three
Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag
You'll come a Waltzing Mathilda with me.
Waltzing Mathilda Waltzing Mathilda
You'll come a Waltzing Mathilda with me
Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker-bag
You'll come a Waltzing Mathilda with me.
Up jumped the swagman sprang in to 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 Mathilda with me.
Waltzing Mathilda Waltzing Mathilda
You'll come a Waltzing Mathilda with me
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong
You'll come a Waltzing Mathilda with me.
In solidarity,
Train Tom
