Luyện nghe bài hát WALTZING MATILDA WALTZ

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

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

Once Henry and Mary, on a afternoon
rowed down River to the broad bright lagoon
The song of the is a long vanished tune
since they built the mine
and what's left is just slime

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

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

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

night outside a King's Cross hotel
There stands our future, and it's halfway to
with hard drugs and young bodies to sell
Hey Australia, progress we've made!
We've come a way, since Diamond day

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

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

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

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

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

Coolibah

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

A is a tin, often an old used fruit tin or other steel container,
to boil 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, the desired amount of tea leaves in said
water, stands up, and swings the whole in a circular motion
in order to force the tea leaves to the bottom of the tin. A
rather nice touch is to crush a Coolibah leaf into the water too,
the tea a of eucalyptus.

A sheep (usually to a ram)

A knapsack. "Tucker" "food".

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

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

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

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