Luyện nghe bài hát WALTZING MATILDA WALTZ

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

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

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

And who'll a-walting Matilda with me?
Oh, Henry, this not what it used to be
pass with a whimper, and not with 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 and again, and again and again
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
We'll go waltzing Matilda no

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

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

And come 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
We'll go Matilda once more

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

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

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

I believe in the US you refer to as "hobos", though a swaggy is not
always someone financially down on luck or On The Run. Some
swagmen are just fed up with city life and want to their time
exploring the country on foot, living off the and the charity of
as best 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 steel container,
used to boil water to make tea. Often they have a piece of
across their top 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 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 in the 19th century, large swathes of outback land were
divided up and mostly to "squatters" - often wealthy
land-owners Britain, who could afford the prices the government 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
try to exploit the land, but the freehold lots tended to be poorer
land where it was a battle to earn to living. became fairly
wealthy from their even taking over freehold selections in
the process of their lots, reflected in the fact that this one
is on his thoroughbred horse.

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

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

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