Roving Matilda

from AB Patterson's Waltzing Matilda - arr Graham Dodsworth

Roving Matilda - by Graham Dodsworth
from Andrew Barton (Banjo) Patterson's Waltzing Matilda
this version 2014-0305

There was a young swaggie down by the river
he lay in the shade of a coolabah tree
he laughed and he sang while he boiled his black billy
you'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

along came a jumbuck to drink from the river
he crept up behind him and grabbed him with speed
he laughed and he sang while he filled up his dilly bag
you'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

then came the squatter riding his stock horse
with troopers behind him for flash company
whose is that jumback I see in your dilly bag
you'll come a waltzing, you'll come with me.

you'll come a waltzing, waltzing, waltzing,
you'll come with me.

you'll come a waltzing, waltzing Matilda,
you'll come a waltzing Matilda with me
he laughed and he sang while he boiled his black billy
you'll come a waltzing Matilda with me, with me.

Out jumped the swaggie into the cool river
I'll never surrender, I'll die first said he
and he sang as sank down into the dark waters
you'll come a waltzing Matilda with me, leading a waterbag.

you'll come a waltzing, waltzing Matilda,
you'll come a waltzing Matilda with me
his ghost can be heard when you pass by the billabong,
you'll come a waltzing Matilda with me, down by the billabong
you'll come a waltzing, waltzing, waltzing,
Matilda with me.