Luyện nghe bài hát WALTZING MATILDA WALTZ

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

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

Henry and Mary, on a warm afternoon
rowed down Reedy to the broad bright lagoon
The song of the is a long vanished tune
since built the uranium mine
and what's left is just toxic

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I believe in the US you to them as "hobos", though a swaggy is not
always someone financially down on their luck or On The Run.
are just 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 of the Australian continent.

A billy is a tin, often an old used tin or other steel container,
used to boil to make tea. Often they have a piece of wire
across top used as a handle, whereupon after the water is boiling,
one holds the wire, the desired amount of tea leaves in said
water, stands up, and swings the whole billy in a motion
vigorously in to force the tea leaves to the bottom of the tin. A
rather touch is to crush a Coolibah leaf into the water too, giving
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 allocated to "squatters" - often
land-owners from Britain, who could the prices the government was
asking. There were also 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 freehold lots to be poorer
land where it was a battle to earn to living. Squatters became
from their allocations even taking over freehold selections in
the process of expanding their lots, reflected in the fact this one
is riding on his horse.

The are law enforcement. The squatter would have called
them in because the 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 important to their
existence. In this case, "Matilda" is the swagman's sleeping gear -
a bedroll.

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