Waltzing Matilda

Waltzing Matilda ist ein über 100 Jahre altes Volkslied und die inoffizielle Nationalhymne Australiens. Man bekommt es hier andauernd zu hören. Bei Grillabenden am Lagerfeuer, Sportveranstaltungen und Strassenfesten. Ein gute Laune Lied!

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“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 stowed 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 stowed that jumbuck in his tucker bag, You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me.

Up rode the squatter mounted on his thoroughbred, Up rode the troopers, one, two, three, Where'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 Where's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag? You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me.

Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong, You'll never take me alive, said he, 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”.

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Swagman: Wanderarbeiter
Billabong: Wasserloch
Coolibah tree: Eukalyptus Baum
Billy: Teekessel
Jumbuck: Schaf
Tucker Bag: Proviant Beutel
Squatter: Viehüter, Hirte (wird heute mit Hausbesetzer übersetzt)

Schöne Grüße aus Melbourne!