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Spoken( Waltzing Matilda is a song about an Australian HoboI guess you'd call him. He wanders through the bushland of Australia and he takes all his meagre belongingswrapped up in an old blanket which is strung across hisshoulders with an old piece of twine and this is called his swag.Hence the name swagman. Now affectionately or otherwisehe refers to his swag as Matilda, its like his only companionas he wanders through the bush tracks he finds himself talkingto it as if its a real person. So the term Waltzing Matilda is nothingto do with dancing at all, it means in fact carrying this thing on yourback through the long lonely stretches of the Australian bush.Couple of other terms quickly, pay attention because I will beasking questions afterwards about this, couple of other terms.A billabong is a pool of deep water, a billy is a little tin can theyboil the tea in, a jumbuck is a sheep, err tucker bag is a bag forcarrying tucker, food bag tucker is food sort of like a knapsack.What else the squatter is the big land owner, that's enough letsget on with the song.)Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabongUnder the shade of a Coolibah treeAnd he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiledYou'll come a waltzing Matilda with meWaltzing Matilda, Waltzing MatildaLetras de cancionesYou'll come a-waltzing Matilda with meAnd he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiledYou'll come a-waltzing Matilda with meThen down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabongUp jumped the swagman and grabbed him with gleeAnd he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bagYou'll come a-waltzing Matilda with meWaltzing Matilda, Waltzing MatildaYou'll come a-waltzing Matilda with meAnd he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bagYou'll come a-waltzing Matilda with meThen down came the squatter mounted on his thoroughbredDown came the troopers one two threeRight-o where's that jolly jumbuck that you've got in your tucker bag?You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with meWaltzing Matilda, Waltzing MatildaYou'll come a-waltzing Matilda with meRight-o where's that jolly jumbuck that you've got in your tucker bag?You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with meSo up jumped the swagman and he sprang into that billabongYou'll never take me alive said heAnd his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabongYou'll come a-waltz ....Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing MatildaYou'll come a-waltzing Matilda with meAnd his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabongYou'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me From Letras Mania