Waltzing Matilda

Slim Dustly

Key D ([glossary at the end])Difficulty 1 YouTubeKid Songs

Intro: D A D A

Verse

D Once a jolly A swagman D camped by a G billabong

D Under the shade of a coolabah A tree

And he D sang as he A watched and D waited till his G billy boiled,

D You`ll come a-waltzing Mat-A-ilda with D me

Chorus

D Waltzing Matilda, G waltzing Matilda,

D You`ll come Bm a-waltzing Mat-Em-ilda with A me.

And he D sang as he A watched and D waited till his G billy boiled

D You`ll come a-waltzing Mat-A-ilda with D me

Verse

D Down came a A jumbuck to D drink at the G billabong,

D Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with A glee.

And he D sang as he A shoved that D jumbuck in his G tucker bag,

D You`ll come a-waltzing Mat-A-ilda with D me

Chorus

Verse

D Up rode the A squatter, D mounted on his G thoroughbred,

D Up rode the troopers, A one-two-three.

D "Where's that jolly A jumbuck, D you`ve got in your G tucker bag

D You`ll come a-waltzing Mat-A-ilda with D me

Chorus

Verse

D Up jumped the A swagman and D sprang into the G billabong,

D You`ll never catch me alive, said A he

And D his ghost may be A heard as you D pass by that G billabong,

D You`ll come a-waltzing Mat-A-ilda with D me

Chorus x2

Glossary

Billabong - "ox bow lake" - a pond left behind after river changes course

Billy - water for making coffee or tea, boiled over camp file

Jumbuck - sheep

Squatter - land owner

Swag - bag of belongings carried over one's back

Swagman - a man who carries a swag

Waltzing Matilda - traveling with one's belongings carried over one's back