Waltzing Matilda (with Lyrics & Definitions)
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2014
- The Australian song "Waltzing Matilda" as presented by the Boys Choir of MacArthur High School of Irving, Texas in 1974. Directed by Danny Hart. Soloist: Jon Combs. Lyrics and definitions are included for the American-English speaking crowd. Best with headphones and big screen.
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My grandfather emigrated from Australia to Canada in 1960. He was always a deeply proud Australian, but was equally proud of his adopted Canada as well. I've never met another person so proud of where they came from and where they stood at the same time in my life.
This song was played at his funeral in 2004. It still brings a tear to my eye whenever I hear it. I miss you, Gramps ❤
A very sad song, really, about a poor hungry man who stole a sheep and the rich man and the police go to arrest him and he chooses to die rather than go to prison. Australia was where the British sent their convicts to get rid of them. This song is about the poor convict who defies the rich man and his cops and chooses to die rather than go to prison. It’s a rebel song, to my mind. A very catchy tune but the lyrics, at least to my mind, celebrate the lone outlaw rebel who chooses death over prison. Very fitting for a land founded by felons.
I remember this song from the 3rd grade . My teacher would play the piano as we sang in class . This song has forever stuck with me.
I remember it from Elementary school too
This is the best version of this song I've found on UA-cam. And it's perfect for clueless Americans (US) like me who have always wondered what the words mean. Great performance!
You need to find Slim Dusty's version.
@@rogerclark9285 Our illegitimate national anthem.
@@meatballsub3956 Illegitimate or unofficial?
*I remember my father singing this song when I was a child. I grew up in the U.S., but he had worked in Brisbane (?) for several years, maybe in the late 1950s / early 1960s.*
I understood all those words separately, now I got context, thanx to you!
:)
If you have ever lived in Australia as I have, you will always say Waltzing Matilda should be the national anthem. AnnPenrod❤😎🐎
Thank you for the translation. My mother first sang this song with me in 1949, dancing around the nursery with me. Now I finally know what the words mean!
:)
1949????
@@aceimperiya3668 yeah, lies on the internet is a common thing
@@lennon7978Why is this considered a lie when the song originates from 1895? Genuinely curious here...
Their swag was frequently referred to as "Matilda" the swag would swing around as they walked, thus Waltzing Matilda.
Great job! Props to those boys and the choir director!
This is superb
thank-you ! :)
Anyone who listen and like this song, might be interested, delighted or surprised by listening "AND THE BAND PLAYED WALTZING MATILDA" after knowing Waltzing Matilda became interpreted as a military song.
Thank you for that suggestion! I listened and it is a rather sad song. 😢
Thank you for sharing.
:) You're welcome
It's a crazy song but the tune is catchy.
Onya❤
He looks happy at least!
”Waltzing Matilda” is like rambling, right?
I think "Matilda" is another name for a bedroll or swag and "waltzing" meant traveling on foot. So yeah, "waltzing Matilda" meant rambling around.
waltzing matilda was an overnight sailboat in the Whitsundays over in the 1800s
Waltzing Matilda is an Australian term for taking long walks ya drongos
Bedroll and gunny-sack: Matilda. They would swing back and forth on your back as you walked: waltzing
@@oscobosco28 omg that’s the first time I’ve ever seen someone actually say ‘drongos’! I thought that was something made up for Aussie tv! 😂
Heard Waltzing Matilda played multiple times a year when I served with the 1st Marine Division since it is the division song.
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great!
Oooooh very nice song and poem
:)
I was crying and it is so so so sad
The lyrics are a little darker than most people really think about. The basic story is that a hobo stole a sheep, and when he got caught for it, he committed suicide by drowning. Everything else is just fleshing out the basic story...
It is also very sad (even sadder) and meaningful, the song: “And the band played Waltzing Matilda”
大昔、オーストラリアにロケした時に、長モノだったのですが、「絶対カンガルーを撮りたい」とプロデューサーに言ったのですが、「カンガルーなんてオーストラリアにはゴロゴロいるから大丈夫だよ！」と言われたんですね。
結局、ロケの最中、カンガルーを見かける事は一度もなかったのでした・・・。
0000syuable What does it mean?
Glad you liked it ! :)
He (0000syuable) says...
‘A long time ago, I went to Australia for a long piece of TV show shooting, and he said to his boss that
“I eager to shoot some clips of Kangaroos 🦘 for the show.”
“That’s all right!! Kangaroo would be around there in Australia that you’ll sick of them!! :-)” said his boss.
But, after all, I couldn’t see them at all, even the indication of Kangaroos...
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By the way, I myself have met Kangaroos in Australia during my stay, and still love AUSSIE and the golden soil of the country!!
to @@katze9921
Thank you!
I also love Australia very much!
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Well thanks, Peter ! I did this just for fun, I never really expected so many people to watch it. I also wondered about the different phrases and words over the years … we sang this back in a Texas high school, and I wanted to know what we had sang about with such a catchy tune. Glad you enjoyed it! :)
My mom is from down under and I was going to share this with her to get an opinion from an Aussie but it looks like I already have one?
@@austrexican1152 Message from the mum from down under. Growing up, to me it was a sad story composed by Banjo Patterson, the Australian poet. Wikipedia has some interesting history on the song. Check it out.
Uma vez, um alegre fanfarrão acampado perto de um billabong
Sob a sombra de uma árvore coolibah
E ele cantou enquanto observava e esperava até que seu billy fervesse
"Você virá a-Matilda Waltzing, comigo"
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
"Você virá a-Waltzing Matilda, comigo"
Ele cantou enquanto observava e esperava até que seu billy fervesse
"Você virá a-Waltzing Matilda, comigo"
Desceu um jumbuck para beber no billabong
Up pulou o swagman e agarrou-o com alegria
E ele cantou enquanto guardava aquele jumbuck em sua bolsa
"Você virá a-Waltzing Matilda, comigo"
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
"Você virá a-Waltzing Matilda, comigo"
E ele cantou enquanto guardava aquele jumbuck em sua bolsa
"Você virá a-Waltzing Matilda, comigo"
Subiu o ocupante, montado em seu puro
- sangue Subiu os soldados, um, dois, três
"Com aquele jumbuck alegre que você tem na sua mochila?"
"Você virá a-Waltzing Matilda, comigo"
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
"Você virá a-Waltzing Matilda, comigo
"
"Você virá a-Waltzing Matilda, comigo"
O homem pulou e saltou no billabong
"Você nunca me levará vivo", disse ele.
E seu fantasma pode ser ouvido quando você passar por aquele billabong
"Você virá a-Waltzing Matilda, comigo"
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
"Você virá a-Waltzing Matilda, comigo"
E seu fantasma pode ser ouvido quando você passar por aquele billabong
"Você virá a-Waltzing Matilda, comigo"
"Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, você virá a-Waltzing Matilda, comigo
E seu fantasma pode ser ouvido enquanto você passa por aquele billabong
Você virá Waltzing Matilda comigo
Gracios, Antonio !
I'll be back in 2032
Once a happy traveler camped by the Oxford Lake, under the shade of a Coolibah Tree. And he said as he watched, and waited til the water boiled. You'll come and walk with your backpack with me!
Walk with your backpack! 2x
You'll come and walk with your backpack with me!
And he sang as he watched, and waited til the water boiled.
You'll come and walk with your backpack with me!
Out came a llama to drink in the Oxford Lake, up jumped the traveler and grabbed him with glee. And he sang as he shoved the llama in his burlap sack. You'll come and walk with your backpack with me!
Walk with your backpack! 2x
You'll come and walk with your backpack with me!
And he sang as he shoved the llama in his burlap sack.
You'll come and walk with your backpack with me!
Up rode the farmer, and mounted on his thoroughbred. Out came the police! One, two, three! "What's that laughing llama you've got in your burlap sack? You'll come and walk with your backpack with me!"
Walk with your backpack! 2x
You'll come and walk with your backpack with me!
"What's that laughing llama you've got in your burlap sack?"
You'll come and walk with your backpack with me!
Up jumped the traveler and down into the Oxford Lake. "You'll never catch me alive!" said he. And his ghost might be heard as you pass by the Oxford Lake. You'll come and walk with your backpack with me!
Walk with your backpack! 2x
You'll come and walk with your backpack with me!
And his ghost might be heard as you pass by the Oxford Lake.
You'll come and walk with your backpack with me!
Why did he kill himself instead of being arrested. Maybe stealing a jumpbuck is a hanging offense?
Can't say … I know in the USA they looked down on stealing horses at one time, and in western movies they hanged horse thieves; maybe it was the same way with sheep in Australia … ?
Jail time in Australia was very severe back then. Australia was still a penal colony.
You did not want to go to prison in the prison.
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:)
It's Coolibah
That was sad
Kartavya Mengar p
The song has a happy meaning if you understand it in the way that Australians do
I think it works both ways. The slim dusty version is pretty upbeat. Sad that he died but cool that he lived (and died) on his own terms.
was this true story?
you know, I really don't know … but somehow doubt it.
@@richardbennett6237 it was based on the death of a person during a Shearer's strike.
Interesting; thanks for letting me know, I'll have to research this … !
@@richardbennett6237 1891 - shearers strike. 1895 a shearer took action against an employer - excessive action, he burnt down a shearing shed - rather than be taken to court by the squatter and the 3 police troopers, he chose to kill himself. Realistically in Queensland at the time, the police and court would have favoured the squatter
?! now this is sad ... ! also good to know, thanks
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Who knew it was about an old bum. Stealing a sheep and then fleeing authorities by jumping into a Billabong. lol
It isn't. It was about a man who caused damage in an industrial dispute involving professional shearers, who was hunted down by the owner of the farm (the Squatter) and three police troopers. He chose to kill himself rather than be taken prisoner. I am unsure of the full details of the american term 'bum' but as i understand it, it does not apply. This was a skilled sheep shearer. They were itinerant in that they moved from farm to farm shearing sheep.
@@gswombat bum usually denotes a homeless man who would say for example camp by a pond under a tree
Funny yet sad. "Bum" is close but not quite, I think. Here's another twist: squatter means landowner in the song but we Americans think of squatters as the homeless that break into homes and stay until they have squatter's rights. Lemonade is lemon squeeze, trunk is a boot...
Until I read the description, I thought this was sung by grown up men, not by high schoolers. But, it was recorded in 1974. Go figure
… seems like only last week … ! :)
They don't make men like they used to.
painfully true
Suspicious Samuel oh don't be a boob lol we all know people are softer on average nowadays
they sang it better than many boys bands today.
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