Waltzing Matilda is an Australian Folk song written by Banjo Paterson in 1895. The Jukebox Band sang the song in the Season 3 episode Mysterious Stranger. The song tells the story of an itinerant worker, refered to as a "swagman" as he sets up camp and captures a sheep to eat. The sheeps owner, a "squater" and three police men try to catch the man. The swagman jumps into a billabong to avoid being caught. He sadly drowns in his attempt to escape and forever haunts the billabong calling out to those who visit "You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me". The Jukebox Band perform the song to calm themselves down after hearing about a theif in the station.
Lyrics[]
There once was a swagman camped in a billabong
Under the shade of a coolabah tree
and he sang as he looked at his old billy boiling
"Who'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me?"
Down came a jumbuck to drink at the water hole
up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee
and he sang as he stowed him away in his tucker back
"You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me!"
Who'll come a Waltzing Matilda my darlin'
Who'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me
Waltzing Matilda leadin' a water bag
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me
Down came the squater riding his thoroughbred
Down come the policemen, one, two, three
"Whose is this jumbuck you've got in your bag?"
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me
But the swagman got up and jumped into the water hole
drowned himself by the coolabah tree
and his ghost may be heard as it sings in the billabong
"Who'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me?"
Who'll come a Waltzing Matilda my darlin'
Who'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me
Waltzing Matilda leadin' a water bag
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me
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- This is the only time The Jukebox Band have played an Australian song.