Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong Under the shade of a coolibah tree And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee And he sang as he stowed that jumbuck in his tucker bag You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me And he sang as he stowed that jumbuck in his tucker bag You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me Up came the squatter mounted on his thoroughbred Up came the troopers, one, two, three Where's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag? You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong You'll never take me alive, said he And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong You'll never take me alive, said he Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong You'll never take me alive, said he Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong You'll never take me alive, said he