"Waltzing Matilda (Carrying a Swag)" Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson

OH! 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?'

      Chorus:

       Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda, my darling,

             Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?

       Waltzing Matilda and leading a water-bag --

             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-bag,

You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.'

Down came the Squatter a-riding his thoroughbred;

Down came Policemen -- one, two and three;

'Whose is the jumbuck you've got in the tucker-bag?

You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.'

But the swagman, he up and he jumped in the water-hole,

Drowning 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?'

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 watched and waited till 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 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 came the troopers, one, two, three,
"Who's 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.

"Who's 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,
"You'll never catch me alive," said he,
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by the 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 the billabong,

"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me."

 

Un jour, un brave journalier campait près d'un point d'eau,
A l'ombre d'un eucalyptus,
Et il chantait, en attendant de voir bouillir l'eau de sa gamelle:
« Tu vas venir avec moi valser, Mathilde. »

On va valser, Mathilde, On va valser, Mathilde,

« Tu vas venir avec moi valser, Mathilde. »

Et il chantait en attendant de voir bouillir l'eau de sa gamelle:

« Tu vas venir avec moi valser, Mathilde. »

Un mouton est descendu pour boire au point d'eau,
Le gars a bondi et l'a empoigné en rigolant,
Et il chantait en fourrant le mouton dans son balluchon :
« Tu vas venir avec moi valser, Mathilde. »

On va valser, Mathilde, On va valser, Mathilde,

« Tu vas venir, Mathilde, valser avec moi. »

Et il chantait tout en fourrant le mouton dans son balluchon :

« Tu vas venir valser avec moi, Mathilde. »

Arriva le propriétaire, monté sur son pur sang,
Suivi de un, deux, trois policiers à cheval,
« À qui est ce mouton que tu as mis dans ton balluchon ? »
« Tu vas venir avec moi valser, Mathilde. »

On va valser, Mathilde, On va valser, Matilde,

« Tu vas venir avec moi valser, Mathilde. »

«  À qui est ce mouton que tu as mis dans ton balluchon ? »

« Tu vas venir avec moi valser, Mathilde. »

Le journalier a bondi et s'est jeté dans le billabong,
« Vous ne m'aurez jamais vivant » il a dit,
Et on peut entendre son fantôme en passant près du point d'eau :
« Tu vas venir avec moi valser, Mathilde. »

On va valser, Mathilde, On va valser, Matilde,

« Tu vas venir avec moi valser, Mathilde. »

Et on peut entendre son fantôme en passant près du point-d'eau :

« Tu vas venir avec moi valser, Mathilde. »