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Dan Zanes feat. Deborah Harry

Australian folk song

length: 3:16
written by: Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson in 1895

backing vocals: DZ
fiddle: Philippa Thompson
accordion: Cynthis
upright bass: Yoshi
acoustic guitar: DZ

 

FEATURED ON

'House Party' by Dan Zanes And Friends [album] (2003)


REMIXES & OTHER VERSIONS

[no official remixes available]

WALTZING MATILDA

Dan Zanes:

Once a jolly swagman camped by the billabong under the shade of a coolibah tree
And he sang as he sat and waited by the billabong who'll come a waltzing matilda with me?

Waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda
Who'll come a waltzing matilda with me?
And he sang as he sat and waited by the billabong who'll come a waltzing matilda with me?

Deborah Harry:

Along comes a jambuck to drink up at the waterhole
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee
And he said as he put the jumbuck in his tuckerbag you'll come a waltzing matilda with me

Dan Zanes & Deborah Harry:

Waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda
Who'lll come a waltzing matilda with me
And he sang as he sat and waited by the billabong who'll come a waltzing matilda with me?

Dan Zanes:

Along comes a squatter, riding on a thoroughbred
Up steps the troopers, one, two, three
Where's the jolly jumbuck you've got in your tuckerbag?
You'll come a waltzing matilda with me

Dan Zanes & Deborah Harry:

Waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda
Who'll come a waltzing matilda with me
And he sang as he sat and waited by the billabong
Who'll come a waltzing matilda with me?

Deborah Harry:

Well, the swagman he up and jumped into the waterhole dorwning himself by the coolibah tree
And his ghost may be heard as it sings in the billabong who'll come a waltzing matilda with me?

Dan Zanes & Deborah Harry:

Waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda
Who'll come a waltzing matilda with me?
And he sang as he sat and waited by the billabong who'll come a waltzing matilda with me?

Deborah Harry:

Who'll come a waltzing matilda with me?

COMMENTS

quoted from the 'House Party' booklet

"This Australian song may require a small glossary: A swagman is a wanderer and a billabong is a stream. A billy is a little pot used for boiling water. A jambuck is a sheep. A tuckerbag is some sort of knapsack. Squatters and troopers are law enforcement. This should help to give the plot some depth."
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