Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree
And he sang as he watched and waited 'til 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 tuckerbag
"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 tuckerbag
"You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me."

Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred;
Down came the troopers -- one, two, three
"Where's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tuckerbag?
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 tuckerbag?
You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me."

Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong;
"You'll never catch 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."