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==Lyrics== There are no "official" words to "Waltzing Matilda", and slight differences can be found in the sources.<ref>For instance, compare the lyrics at http://www.nla.gov.au/epubs/waltzingmatilda/3-versions_of_WaltzingMatilda.doc to http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/WM/WMText.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609012614/http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/WM/WMText.html |date=2007-06-09 }}</ref> This version uses the famous "You'll never catch me alive said he" variation introduced by the [[Billy Tea company]].<ref name = SMH2002>{{cite news|url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/12/19/1040174344781.html|title = Waltzing Matilda, courtesy of a tea-leaf near you|last = Safran|first = John|authorlink =John Safran|publisher = Sydney Morning Herald| date = 20 December 2002}}</ref> Paterson's original words use 'drowning', which the tea company felt was too negative. {{Listen|filename=Waltzing Matilda.ogg|title=Waltzing Matilda|description=Tune for ''Waltzing Matilda''}} <poem> Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong Under the shade of a coolibah tree, And he sang as he watched and waited 'til 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 'til his billy boiled, "You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me". Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong, Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee, And he sang as he shoved 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 shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag, "You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me". Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred, Down 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". Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda "You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me" "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 catch me alive", said he, And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong, "You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me". 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 come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me." "Oh, You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me." </poem>
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