Luyện nghe bài hát WALTZING MATILDA WALTZ

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Coolibah

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

A billy is a tin, an old used fruit tin or other steel container,
used to boil water to make tea. Often have a piece of wire
across their top used as a handle, after the water 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 leaf into the water too, giving
the tea a of eucalyptus.

A sheep (usually to a ram)

A knapsack. "Tucker" "food".

In Australia in the century, large swathes of outback land were
divided up and mostly allocated to "squatters" - often
from 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) available to anyone who
would try to exploit the land, but the lots tended to be poorer
land it was a battle to earn to living. Squatters became fairly
wealthy their allocations even taking over freehold selections in
the process of expanding their lots, in the fact that this one
is riding on his 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, tend to become quite
affectionate for things 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 Australia, usually on marginal land