Luyện nghe bài hát WALTZING MATILDA WALTZ

Well, once jolly swagmen* went their swags
and stuffed jolly jumbucks* down in their tucker
days, jolly junkies go on house-breaking jags
and steal to buy the poison need
While the swaggie, he wanted a feed

And who'll come a-Waltzing with me?
Hey Banjo*, this country's not it used to be
changed all your words, and re-written your score
And "Waltzing Matilda" no more.

Once Henry and Mary, on a afternoon
rowed down Reedy to the broad bright lagoon
The song of the river is a long vanished
since they built the uranium
and what's left is just slime

And who'll come a-walting with me?
Oh, Henry, this country's not what it to be
Days with a whimper, and not with a roar
And "Waltzing Matilda" no more.

Well, we cut the trees, and the land we reclaimed
We ploughed and we planted, then we it again
and again and again, and again and
So now on a hot windy day
We can watch our topsoil blow

And who'll come a-walting with me?
The desert is down to the sea
On the day it stretches
from shore to shore
We'll go waltzing no more

Saturday outside a King's Cross hotel
stands our future, and it's halfway to hell
Kids with drugs and young bodies to sell
Hey Australia, what progress made!
We've come a way, since Diamond day

And come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
Hey Anzac*, is what you fought to keep free?
A fit for heroes, or junkies and whores?
And "Waltzing Matilda" no more.

And who'll come a-walting Matilda me?
This country could still be we want it to be
Perhaps one day soon, the dream will be
And we'll go Waltzing once more
We'll go Waltzing once more

The combined Australia/New Zealand armies that fought in both Wars

"Banjo"
of "The Man From Snowy River" and "Waltzing Matilda"

A watering hole, specifically the curved of a winding stream
that has been due to sand bar deposition

I believe in the US you to them as "hobos", though a swaggy is not
someone financially down on their luck or On The Run. Some
swagmen are just fed up with city life and want to spend time
exploring the on foot, living off the land and the charity of
passers-by as best can.

Coolibah

The Coolibah is a species of Eucalyptus tree commonly found
in inland parts of the continent.

A billy is a tin, often an old fruit tin or other steel container,
used to boil to make tea. Often they have a piece of wire
across their top used as a handle, whereupon after the is boiling,
one holds the wire, places the desired of tea leaves in said
water, stands up, and swings the whole in a circular motion
vigorously in order to the tea leaves to the bottom of the tin. A
rather nice touch is to crush a Coolibah leaf into the too, giving
the tea a of eucalyptus.

A sheep (usually to a ram)

A knapsack. "Tucker" "food".

In Australia in the 19th century, large swathes of outback land
divided up and mostly allocated to "squatters" - often
from Britain, who could afford the prices the government was
asking. There also freehold selections free for the taking (all you
had to do was sign on the line) made available to anyone who
would try to exploit the land, but the freehold tended to be poorer
land where it was a battle to earn to living. became fairly
wealthy their allocations even taking over freehold selections in
the process of expanding lots, reflected in the fact that this one
is on his thoroughbred horse.

The troopers are law enforcement. The would have called
them in the swagman has stolen a sheep from the squatter's property.

Given the life of a swaggy, they tend to become quite
affectionate for that are fairly important to their immediate
existence. In case, AIUI "Matilda" is the swagman's sleeping gear -
a bedroll.

Small family farmer/rancher in rural Australia, usually on marginal land