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 need
the swaggie, he just wanted a feed

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

Once Henry and Mary, on a afternoon
rowed Reedy River to the broad bright lagoon
The song of the is a long vanished tune
they 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 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 again and again, and again and
So that now on a hot day
We can our topsoil blow away

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

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

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

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

The combined 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 been isolated due to bar deposition

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

tree:

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

A billy is a tin, often an old used fruit tin or other container,
used to boil water to make tea. Often they have a of wire
across top used as a handle, whereupon after the water is boiling,
one holds the wire, places the amount of tea leaves in said
water, stands up, and swings the whole 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 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 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 available to who
would try to exploit the land, but the lots tended to be poorer
land where it was a battle to earn to living. Squatters fairly
wealthy from their allocations even taking over selections in
the process of expanding their lots, reflected in the fact that 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 tend to quite
affectionate for things that are fairly to their immediate
existence. In this case, AIUI "Matilda" is the sleeping gear -
a bedroll.

Small time family in rural Australia, usually on marginal land