Luyện nghe bài hát WALTZING MATILDA WALTZ

Well, jolly swagmen* went humping their swags
and stuffed jolly jumbucks* down in their tucker
These days, jolly junkies go on jags
and to buy the poison they need
While the swaggie, he just a feed

And who'll come a-Waltzing with me?
Hey Banjo*, this country's not 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 warm
rowed Reedy River to the broad bright lagoon
The song of the river is a long vanished
they built the uranium mine
and what's left is just toxic

And who'll a-walting Matilda with me?
Oh, Henry, country's not what it used to be
pass 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 ploughed it
and again and again, and and again
So now on a hot windy day
We can watch our blow away

And who'll a-walting 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 a King's Cross hotel
There stands our future, and it's to hell
Kids with hard drugs and bodies to sell
Hey Australia, what we've made!
come a long way, since Diamond day

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

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

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

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

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

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

tree:

The Coolibah is a species of Eucalyptus tree commonly found
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 a piece of wire
across their top used as a handle, whereupon after the is boiling,
one holds the wire, places the desired amount of tea in said
water, up, and swings the whole billy in a circular motion
vigorously in order to force the tea leaves to the of the tin. A
rather nice touch is to crush a Coolibah 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 allocated to "squatters" - often wealthy
land-owners Britain, who could afford the prices the government was
asking. There were also freehold free 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 to be poorer
land where it was a to earn to living. Squatters became fairly
wealthy their allocations even taking over freehold selections in
the of expanding their lots, reflected in the fact that this one
is riding on his horse.

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

Given the lonely life of a swaggy, tend to become quite
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, on marginal land