Once a jolly swangman Camped beside 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 Mathilda with me. Chorus: Waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda, You'll come a waltzing Mathilda with me, And he sang as he watched and he waited till his billy boiled, You'll come a waltzing Mathilda with me.
Down came the 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 tuckerbag, You'll come a waltzing Mathilda 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 tuckerbag? You'll come a waltzing Mathilda with me.
Up jumped the swagman, sprang into that billabong, You'll never catch me alive said he, And his ghost may be heard as you pass beside that billabong, You'll come a waltzing Mathilda with me.