Once a jolly swagman camped by the billabong 
Under the shades of a coolibah tree 
And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled 
You've come a-Waltzing Mathilda with me 

Waltzing Mathilda, Waltzing Mathilda 
You've come a-Waltzing Mathilda with me 
And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled 
You've come a-Waltzing Mathilda with me 

Down came a jumbuck to drink by the billabong 
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee 
And he sang as he shoved the jumbuck in his tucker back 
You've come a-Waltzing Mathilda with me 

Waltzing Mathilda, Waltzing Mathilda 
You've come a-Waltzing Mathilda with me 
And he sang as he shoved the jumbuck in his tucker back 
You've come a-Waltzing Mathilda with me 

Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred 
Up rode the troopers one two and three 
Where's that bloody jumbuck you've got in your tucker back? 
You've come a-Waltzing Mathilda with me 

Waltzing Mathilda, Waltzing Mathilda 
You've come a-Waltzing Mathilda with me 
Where's that bloody jumbuck you've got in your tucker back? 
You've come a-Waltzing Mathilda with me 

So up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong 
You'll never catch me alive, said he 
And his ghost can be heard if you watch down that billabong 
You've come a-Waltzing Mathilda with me 

Waltzing Mathilda, Waltzing Mathilda 
You've come a-Waltzing Mathilda with me 
And his ghost can be heard if you watch down that billabong 
You've come a-Waltzing Mathilda with me 

Waltzing Mathilda, Waltzing Mathilda 
You've come a-Waltzing Mathilda with me 
And his ghost can be heard if you watch down that billabong 
You've come a-Waltzing Mathilda with me 
You've come a-Waltzing Mathilda with me


(c) Paterson