Once a jolly swagman camped beside a baillabong.
Under the shade of a coolibah tree.
And he sang as he sat and waited while his billy boiled.
You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me.
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me.
Down came a jumbuck to drink beside the billabong.
Up jumped the swagman and seized him with glee.
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tuckerbag.
You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me.
Up road the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred.
Down came the troopers, one, two, three
Where's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tuckerbag.
You'll come a-waltzing, matilda, with me
Up jumped the swagman, right into the billabong.
You'll never catch me alive, said he.
And his ghost may be heard as you ride beside the billabong
You'll came a-waltzing, Matilda, with me.