Waltzing Matilda

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On March 18, 1474

The Earl of Kildare establishes the Brotherhood of St George as a defence force for the Pale, with 120 mounted archers, 40 horsemen and 40 pages.

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Waltzing Matilda	[play] [print]
(Banjo Patterson)

Oh there once was a swagman camped in the billabongs Under the shade of a Coolibah tree And he sang as he looked at the old billy boiling Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda my darling Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me Waltzing Matilda and leading a waterbag Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me Up came the jumbuck to drink at the waterhole Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him in glee And he sang as he put hime away in the tuckerbag You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda my darling Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me Waltzing Matilda and leading a waterbag Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me Up came the squatter a-riding his thoroughbred Up came policemen one two three Whose is the jumbuck you've got in the tuckerbag? You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda my darling Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me Waltzing Matilda and leading a waterbag Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me Up sprang the swagman and jumped in the waterhole Drowning himself by the Coolibah And his voice can be heard as it sings in the billabongs Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me

This song nearly became Australia's national anthem in 1974, but Advance Australia Fair ended up as the choice. There are three versions of Waltzing Matilda. This version is the original which was written by Banjo Patterson in 1895. Harry Nathan wrote another version around the turn of the last century, and Marie Cowan wrote a further version in 1903. Her version is the one most popular.

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