Luyện nghe bài hát WALTZING MATILDA WALTZ

Well, jolly swagmen* went humping their swags
and stuffed jolly jumbucks* down in their tucker
days, jolly junkies go on house-breaking jags
and steal to buy the poison need
While the swaggie, he wanted 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 Henry and Mary, on a afternoon
rowed down Reedy to the broad bright lagoon
The song of the river is a long tune
since they the uranium mine
and left is just toxic slime

And who'll come a-walting with 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 the trees, and the land we reclaimed
We ploughed and we planted, then we it again
and and again, and again and again
So that now on a hot day
We can watch our blow away

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

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

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

And come a-walting Matilda with me?
This country still be what we want it to be
Perhaps one day soon, the dream will be
And we'll go Waltzing once more
We'll go Matilda once 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, specifically the curved of a winding stream
that has isolated due to sand bar deposition

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

Coolibah

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

A billy is a tin, often an old used fruit tin or other container,
to boil water to make tea. Often they have a piece of wire
across their top used as a handle, whereupon after the is boiling,
one holds the wire, places the desired 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 is to crush a Coolibah leaf into the water too, giving
the tea a of eucalyptus.

A (usually refers to a ram)

A knapsack. "Tucker" "food".

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

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

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

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