Waltzing Matilda

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On March 12, 1685

Philosopher George Berkeley is born the eldest son to William Berkeley, an officer of customs, near Kilkenny in Ireland.

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Waltzing Matilda	[play] [print]
(Harry Nathan)

Once a jolly swagman camp'd by a billabong Under the shade of a Coolibah tree And he sang as he sat and waited till his billy boiled You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me Waltzing Matilda, Matilda my darling You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me And he sang as he sat and waited til his billy boiled You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee And he sang as he shoved the jumbuck in his tuckerbag You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me Waltzing Matilda, Matilda my darling You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me And he sang as he sat and waited til his billy boiled You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me Down came a squatter mounted on a thoroughbred Down came troopers one two three Whose is the jumbuck you've got in the tuckerbag? You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me Waltzing Matilda, Matilda my darling You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me And he sang as he sat and waited til his billy boiled You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me Up jumped the swagman, sprang into the billabong Drowning himself neath the Coolibah tree And his ghost may be heard as you walk around the billabong You'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. The original which was written by Banjo Patterson in 1895. This version that Harry Nathan wrote around the turn of the century, and Marie Cowan wrote a further version in 1903. Her version is the one most popular.

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