Waltzing Matilda
Words and Music by : Cowan - Paterson
Recorded by Harry Belafonte:
Recording date: March 20, 1963
Playing time: 3:14
45 : EPA-2695
LP : LSP2695, SP-33-19, RCA8023, 11-701, SDL003,
Tape: FTP-1196
CD: BVCP-1034, CD339482, 07863-59771-2, PDC2-1060, B93001, 86210,

Waltzing Matilda the unofficial anthem of Australia and one of the best-known songs in the English language. The words were written in 1895 by Andrew "Banjo" Paterson of Australia and, at the time, set to a Scottish fiddle tune. The tune known today is called the "Queensland version" by collectors, and is related to the English song "The Bold Fusilier".
Also recorded by:
Tosse Bark     In Swedish
Brothers Four      
Burl Ives DL8125, DL8749, DOVE7142, MCA-AMB,
MCA20280,
Helmut Lotti 05549-01957-2
Jan Malmsjö RCA FAS721 - In Swedish "Valsa Matilda"  
Johnny Mann Singers LST-7296
New Christy Minstrels CCM-110-2  
Phoenix Singers Warner W1485
Swingle Singers Virgin PM518  
Josh White Ace AH65, Storyville SEP-522   
Glenn Yarbrough  TLP1019
A-kören    
The Seekers 8146392
Östen Warnebring    
Lyrics:

Once a jolly swagman, camped by a billabong,
Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled,
You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me.
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me,
And he sang as he sat and waited till his billy boiled,
You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me.

Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong,
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee,
And 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,
And 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,
Down come the troopers, one, two, three,
Whose that 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,
Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?
You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me.

Up jumped the swagman, sprang into the billabong,
Drowning himself by the coolibah tree,
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,
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,
You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me