What does the song Waltzing Matilda mean?!
Question: Its apparently about a jolly swagman who camped by a billabong (under the shade of a Coolibah tree, and he sang while he waited for his billy to boil, (outdoor camping pot for boiling water) Wholl come a waltzing Matilda with me?
The song narrates the story of an itinerant worker making a drink of tea at a bush camp and stealing a sheep to eat. When the sheep's owner arrives with three police officers to arrest the worker, he drowns himself in a small lake and goes on to haunt the site.
The original lyrics were written in 1895 by the poet and nationalist Banjo Paterson, and it was first published as sheet music in 1903. Extensive folklore surrounds the song and the process of its creation, to the extent that the song has its own museum, the Waltzing Matilda Centre in Winton, Queensland.
Answers: Its apparently about a jolly swagman who camped by a billabong (under the shade of a Coolibah tree, and he sang while he waited for his billy to boil, (outdoor camping pot for boiling water) Wholl come a waltzing Matilda with me?
The song narrates the story of an itinerant worker making a drink of tea at a bush camp and stealing a sheep to eat. When the sheep's owner arrives with three police officers to arrest the worker, he drowns himself in a small lake and goes on to haunt the site.
The original lyrics were written in 1895 by the poet and nationalist Banjo Paterson, and it was first published as sheet music in 1903. Extensive folklore surrounds the song and the process of its creation, to the extent that the song has its own museum, the Waltzing Matilda Centre in Winton, Queensland.
Its really Waltzing Watada and it means someone is being taken for a dance.