Luyện nghe bài hát WALTZING MATILDA WALTZ

Well, once swagmen* went humping their swags
and stuffed jolly jumbucks* down in their tucker
These days, jolly go on house-breaking jags
and steal to buy the poison they
While the swaggie, he just a feed

And who'll a-Waltzing Matilda with me?
Hey Banjo*, this country's not what it to be
changed all your words, and re-written your score
And "Waltzing Matilda" no more.

Once and Mary, on a warm afternoon
rowed Reedy River to the broad bright lagoon
The song of the river is a vanished tune
since they built the uranium
and what's is just toxic slime

And who'll come a-walting Matilda me?
Oh, Henry, this country's not what it to be
Days with a whimper, and not with a roar
And "Waltzing Matilda" no more.

Well, we cut down the trees, and the land we
We ploughed and we planted, then we ploughed it
and and again, and again and again
So that now on a hot day
We can watch our topsoil away

And who'll come a-walting with me?
The desert is marching to the sea
On the day that it
from shore to shining
We'll go waltzing Matilda no

Saturday outside a King's Cross hotel
There stands our future, and halfway to hell
Kids with hard and young bodies to sell
Hey Australia, what we've made!
We've come a long way, Diamond day

And who'll a-waltzing Matilda with me?
Hey Anzac*, is this what you to keep free?
A land fit for heroes, or junkies and
And "Waltzing Matilda" no more.

And who'll come Matilda with me?
This country could still be what we it to be
Perhaps one day soon, the will be restored
And go Waltzing Matilda once more
We'll go Waltzing Matilda more

The combined Australia/New Zealand armies that fought in both World

"Banjo"
of "The Man From Snowy River" and "Waltzing Matilda"

A watering hole, the curved meander of a winding stream
that has been isolated due to bar deposition

I believe in the US you refer to as "hobos", though a swaggy is not
always someone down on their luck or On The Run. Some
are just fed up with city life and want to spend their time
exploring the country on foot, living off the and the charity of
as best they can.

Coolibah

The Eucalyptus Coolibah is a species of Eucalyptus tree found
in inland of the Australian continent.

A billy is a tin, often an old used tin or other steel container,
used to water to make tea. Often they have a piece of wire
across their top used as a handle, whereupon the water is boiling,
one holds the wire, places the desired amount of tea in said
water, stands up, and swings the whole billy in a circular
vigorously in order to the tea leaves to the bottom of the tin. A
rather nice touch is to crush a Coolibah leaf into the too, giving
the tea a of eucalyptus.

A (usually refers to a ram)

A knapsack. "Tucker" "food".

In Australia in the 19th century, swathes of outback land were
divided up and mostly to "squatters" - often wealthy
land-owners from Britain, who could afford the prices the was
asking. There were freehold selections free for the taking (all you
had to do was sign on the dotted line) made to anyone who
would try to exploit the land, but the lots tended to be poorer
land where it was a battle to earn to living. became fairly
wealthy from their allocations even taking over selections in
the process of expanding their lots, reflected in the fact this one
is on his thoroughbred horse.

The troopers are law enforcement. The would have called
in because the swagman has stolen a sheep from the squatter's property.

Given the lonely life of a swaggy, they tend to become
affectionate for things that are fairly to their immediate
existence. In this case, AIUI "Matilda" is the swagman's gear -
a bedroll.

Small time family farmer/rancher in Australia, usually on marginal land