Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong,
Under the shade of a collabah tree,
And he sang as he sat and waited while his billy boiled.
Chorus:
You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me,
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me.
(Repeat last line of previous verse.)
You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me.
Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong,
Up jumped the swagman, grabbed him with glee,
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tuckerbag.
Down came the squatter mounted on his through bred
Up came the troopers, one, two, three,
'Who's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tuckerbag?"
Up jumped the swagman, sprang into the billabong,
"You'll never take me alive," cried he,
Now his ghost may be heard as you pass beside the billabong.