Slim Dusty - Waltzing Matilda

Music video by Slim Dusty performing Waltzing Matilda Stream Slim Dusty here: Lyrics: Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong Under the shade of a coolibah tree, He sang as he watched and waited ’til his billy boiled You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me He sang as he watched 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, he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag, you’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda you’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag, You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred, Up rode the troopers, one, two, three, With the jolly jumbuck you’ve got in your tucker bag? You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me. Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me With the jolly jumbuck you’ve got in your tucker bag? You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, you scoundrel with me. Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong, You’ll never catch me alive, said he, And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong, you’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me. Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong, You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me. Oh, you’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me. Slim Dusty, AO MBE (born David Gordon Kirkpatrick; 13 June 1927 – 19 September 2003) was an Australian country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He was an Australian cultural icon and one of the country’s most awarded stars, with a career spanning nearly seven decades and numerous recordings. He was known to record songs in the legacy of Australia, particularly of bush life and renowned Australian bush poets Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson that represented the lifestyle. The music genre was coined the “bush ballad“, a style first made popular by Buddy Williams, the first artist to perform the genre in Australia, and also for his many trucking songs. Dusty was the first Australian to have a No. 1 international hit song, with a version of Gordon Parsons’ “A Pub with No Beer“. He received an unequalled 37 Golden Guitar and two Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) awards and was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame and the Country Music Roll of Renown.