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This is the "original" or "Queensland" version of the song, not the one most people would know.

Waltzing Matilda 

This is the original or Queensland version of the song.  The tune is somewhat different
perhaps to the more well known version.

VERSE 1
D                           G           A7
Oh there once was a swagman camped in a billabong
D                    G        A7
Under the shade of a coolibah tree
       D          A7        G
And he sang as he looked at his old billy boiling
D                        A7         D
Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me


CHORUS
D                        G        A7
Who'll come a waltzing Matilda my darling
D                        G          A7
Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me
D          A7        G
Waltzing Matilda and leading a water bag
D                        A7         D
Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

VERSE 2
Down came a jumbuck to drink at the water hole
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee
And he sang as he stowed him away in his tucker bag
You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

VERSE 3
Down came the squatter a riding on his thoroughbred
Down came the troopers one two three
Whose is that jumbuck you've got in the tucker bag
You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

VERSE 4
But the swagman he up and he jumped into the water hole
Drowning himself by the coolibah tree
And his ghost may be heard as it sings in the billabong
Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

Submitted by Ric Raftis.  All corrections and suggestions to ric@bushverse.com