Luyện nghe bài hát WALTZING MATILDA WALTZ

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

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

Once Henry and Mary, on a warm
rowed down Reedy River to the bright lagoon
The song of the river is a long tune
since they built the uranium
and left is just toxic slime

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

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

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

Saturday night outside a King's Cross
stands our future, and it's halfway to hell
Kids with hard drugs and young to sell
Hey Australia, what progress made!
come a long way, since Diamond day

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

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

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

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

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

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

tree:

The Eucalyptus Coolibah is a of Eucalyptus tree commonly found
in inland parts of the continent.

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

A sheep (usually to a ram)

A knapsack. "Tucker" "food".

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

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

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

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