For those of you wondering: Waltz - wander (or dance to waltz music) Matilda - affectionate name for a swag Swag - bed roll for a wanderer's belongings Swagman - wandering worker who carried a swag Billabong - type of pond or lake Billy - can for boiling water Jumbuck - sheep Tucker bag - food bag Squatter - early settlers who claimed all of the good land This song is about a homeless man drowning himself rather than rotting in prison at the hands of corrupt authorities, and Aussies sing it as proudly as their anthem.
@@Logang007 a enormous part of the greek national anthem just speaks about people dying. Liberty dies, the head of the Greek orthodox church dies, millions of innocent Greeks, both warriors and simple peasants die. Turks die, people promise to kill kings of northern Europe because they weren't helping us at the start of the revolution and Italians are dying and getting enslaved by a hawk that is supposed to represent the Austrian Empire
*Waltzing Matilda explained:* Swagman = An itinerant worker, who travelled around on foot carrying his belongings (his swag). Matilda = The swagman's bedroll, so named because it's "the only woman he sleeps with" Waltzing Matilda = The bedroll was often carried at the hip, so it swung back and forth as the swagman walked along. The movement was similar in some respects to the way a man would swing a woman around during a lively waltz, hence to walk around while carrying one's bedroll was called "waltzing Matilda" Billabong = A curve of a stream which has been cut off due to the water flow changing direction, also known as an oxbow lake. Coolabah/Coolibah = A type of eucalyptus tree. Billy = A tin pot, usually hung over a fire to boil water in to make a hot drink. Also used for general cooking. Jumbuck = A male sheep. Tucker bag = Tucker means food, so it's a food bag. Squatter = In this context, someone who occupies unused crown land and develops and farms it. Trooper = Soldier. Filled the role of a policeman before the police force was established. Edit to add: The fact that the squatter was riding a thoroughbred horse indicates that he was wealthy and could well afford to lose a single sheep, and the fact that he brought three troopers with him indicates overkill in enforcing the law. (Source: Melkior Wiseman)
@@jontewicks6098 about getting some nice feather hats.... uhhh did i say feather hat? i meant i want to wage terror at.. these emus... and turn them all into feather hats
Pretty sure he didn't drown himself but got shot down by the billabong by the authorities. That would make more sense with the Australian history of police and rangers
This song not only talks about a man who in desperation steals a sheep and due to the corruption of the authorities, ends up committing suicide; It is also the history of Australia, a place that in its beginnings was a prison for thieves and poor murderers from Great Britain, arriving in Australia was considered a suicide. The song may not be the official anthem but really a large part of Australians consider it that way, since they are children some of them are forced to sing this song in the camps, others one 'cuz they want, where they try to teach them about Australia, as well as about life and how difficult it is, for that is that when they hear it and older, many times cry; the memories that come to them, both of their country's past, as well as of themselves and their families, is beautiful. Like to don't get lost in the comments.
He didn't trust in God's providence, and, so violated two of the main commandments. How is protection of private property corruption? Lyric should be "whose is the jumbuck".
listen to yourself...thieves and "poor murderers"...since when do murderers deserve any mercy or pity? You fools...the song captures the spirit of that nation in far more depth than you see. Endurance, defiance, and perserverance. The country was forged not born. The men wrestled with conditions and nature and terrain in ways and suffering no one can possibly understand. Whats more...they did it from the ground up. What do you know about Australia anyway? Do you know they've fought in every war from the formation of the country? Always our (US) ally, never once an enemy. What do you know of Gallipoli? Sent by Churchill to be slaughtered by the Turks. The suffering and loss. Not just loss...unnecessary and useless loss. Those boys died in vain and their death's were a national tragedy. But so very like the spirit of the man in the song...pressing on and even in defiance and death....pressing on.
@Motorhome mick Historian Hoskins pointed out that, while pre-Americans were selectively bred for their ability to steal and to murder -- because that was how their stables of wives were acquired -- Americans (before pluralism) were more law-abidin because murderers were slain, resultin in selective breedin of the good. Bad blood came whenever outsiders were welcomed into the population, such as the astrologers, bankers, and bloodletters of the highborn, as well as the Plantagenets, who were of alien stock goin back to the mideast (Holy Blood Holy Grail) and thus were the ones who fostered the use of prison.
I'm not a Aussie troop bro but I wanna be in the army and a big thanks to Aussie army for saving Pacific island nations from Being under Japanese rule in WW2
most queenslands either partially or fully know it same with WA and NT however when i hummed it infront of my cousins from melbourne they had no clue same with my niece in Tassie
I taught it to my childcare kids and taught them the meaning of the words, it was their favorite and their parents loved it too. So fun to see an enthusiastic three year old singing it. Didn’t explain the sad parts, though
Australian's are a dying breed. The true Aussies left in this country, are us, the one's who live in the bush and the outback. The cities are full of foreigners. Such a shame.
Americans: "ACAB!" "Back the Blue!" Chad Australians: "Let's make a song about someone who drowns himself to avoid being sent to a corrupt prison our unofficial national anthem!" "Okay!
@@reesespieces2514 I think he was trying to say that people have differing opinions of the topic in America but in Australia they didn’t really have that
Not to be an ass, but ACAB is a saying that originated in Britain, cops is short for coppers, which refers to the copper buttons on the jackets of the police uniforms.
We are very proud of that adoption as well. When on exchange with US forces, I was surprised and proud to hear it when watching the 1 Div march. Thank you for the respect, with gratitude. We were the first to defeat both the Germans and the Japanese in battle, and we could not have done it without your help. Thanks mates.,
Thank you for that! Now I know why my father sang it. He fought in the Bastogne in Ww2 and they sang this lovely song to March. We are American. Now I get it.
@@tomberkley5888 I remember well, the Austrailian forces in Viet-nam, Appreciated by those who served there, and recognized as brave fighters. From a Viet-nam vet. (67-68)
Australian English is just fantastic... All those lovely words... I wonder if it will ever develop to such a stage that it will stop being English and starts to be something completely new? 😊
@@adambennett805 What? The word Billabong is engraved in our culture. It might as well be an Australian word rather than an indigenous word at this point.
@@Iron_of_man fair enough but I mean I don't think Australian English will ever stop being English and become something new since the indigenous population is declining
@@adambennett805 I get you. Languages will die out, but some words that are rooted in Aussie culture will remain so, unless if there's too much foreign influence.
Not Australian, but I am an American Marine from the 1st Marine Division. This is our song too. Because of the welcome we got in Australia after we fought at Guadalcanal. So here's to Australia and to the "Old Breed", the 1st Marine Division. We'll all go a-waltzing Matilda together in any fight.
As an Australian, I thank you for your service in defending your nation and in service to the free world. The free world is under attack subversively right now, and for what it is worth, I am profoundly grateful for the sacrifices my forebears have made in getting us this far. Semper Fidelis…!
僕が20歳の時、オーストラリアのウロンゴンに1ヶ月くらい滞在してました。 そこでホストファミリーか、ケイラハイスクールで誰かが歌っていた記憶があります。 30年ぶりくらいに聞いて、懐かしくなりました。 I'm a japanease male. When I was 20, I was in Wollongong, Australia for about a month. I remember someone singing there, either my host family or someone at Keira High School. I hadn't heard it in about 30 years and it made me nostalgic.
@@alexlong535 dads side got sent over with the convicts leaving his wife and kids behind for stealing a sheep ironic lol, I love this song Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi
A big thanks from France to Oz, you helped us twice with the price of your blood. Big hugs to you Kangaroos and Koalas. Kisses to ANZAC and forever in my heart :)
Proud to be a 1/8th Australian as my Uncle Graham came from Brisbane in the 70s, this was played at his funeral 8 years ago. He was a proud Aussie as well this song reminds me of him. R.I.P Uncle Graham.
In honor of ANZAC day and brave boys and men from Australia and New Zealand who gave their lives for my country God bless their souls and much love from Serbia.
To my friends forever down under. Especially my ANZAC brothers thank you for the Southern Cross and Waltzing Matilda. I'm proud I got to march with you on ANZAC day 8 years ago
According to Robert "Lucky" Leckie (USMC) after the battle of guadalcanal when the 1st marine division was stationed in Melbourne for RnR he said that "it seemed that within two days every member of the 1st marine division had memorized at least 2 verses of 'Waltzing Matilda.'"
Fair dinkum and true blue pilled Love how everyone who clearly isnt Australian is still making the same stupid jokes years after the stoped being funny
Even as a brit who hasn't been to Australia since I was a baby, I still remember this song though not the lyrics. It surprises me that Aussies are saying some of them dont know this song at all...🇬🇧🤝🇭🇲
I remember the first time I ever heard this song was when I was a member of SABAH (Skating Association for the Blind and Handicapped). One of the shows we did was based around countries of the world, and I skated in the segment representing Australia. We were all dressed up in koala costumes, and the song that played during that segment was Waltzing Matilda. I was never sure what the lyrics of the song meant, but now that I have more knowledge, it really makes me appreciate my history with this song even more. Thanks for providing me with a learning experience, Australia!
For those hat do not know, the first picture was painted by Fredrick McCubbin, who was an Australian artist during the pioneering stage of Australia..otherwise during the time of colonialism and bush rangers. ‘1800s.’
I remember a young Australian couple attending the University of Manitoba, living in the same apartment building, who became friends with our mother and they would babysit us at their apartment after school until our mom came home. They had quite a few records from home one being the Slim Dusty version, the name of the record escapes me. Picked up a few bits of Australian slang from them as well; "little buggers" being among the most shocking to mom. That was way back in 65 - 66 and I can still sing along.
I'm a Mexicano and very few people in either the U.S. or Mexico have really heard of this song, at least that I know of. It's crazy to think that a song this deeply rooted to a national identity is outright unknown outside of the country.
May God bless the ausies . Sons you have done good , building such a geat nation out of nothing is something you should be proud of and don't let anyone ever tell you anything different, it took blood sweat and tears to build a great country such as autralia , safeguard it. Somebody once said about my country"Who is the coward that will not die for a country such as this" and i can only say to you the same.
@@letsgoraiding Yeah nah yeah mate a swagman is a drifter or specifically homeless fella, whereas a billabong is any sort of creek, dam, lake, anything really except for things too bloody big. But you got Jumbuck right to hats off for that mate
A swagman was a homeless guy who would travel between farms across Australia looking for work on farms (Usually sheep farms because they were the most profitable for swagmen to work at). A billabong is just a waterhole.
If France can have an anthem with lyrics like “their impure blood should water our fields” and get away with it in this day and age, I don’t understand why we couldn’t have this gorgeous piece of music as our national anthem instead of the boring, yawn inducing trash known as Advance Australia Fair. This is why I’m grateful to be half and have two anthems (the other being Japan, whose anthem sends chills 😍🥂), although I like to pretend Waltzing Matilda is the official anthem - it has a better melody and the lyrics are meaningful and true to our heritage, no matter how depressing it may seem. 💛
@@milo-rf1qj Oh my holy muffins yes 👏🏻💯✨🥂 I had actually forgotten but now that you’d mentioned it, I remember my JAPANESE mother saying this song would be better too 😂😂😂
Probably because there isn't any country that would take pride in an anthem about a guy stealing sheep and committing suicide rather than being caught by police. It would make events like the Olympics and the school assemblies a bit awkward. We had a petition to have down under as our anthem, but we are still waiting for our government to respond.
As an Australian, I can say that I haven't heard this since I was like, 12 (now 23, turning 24) and as SOON as I heard this, it was like a core memory had been unlocked haha.
I remember this song from my early childhood; always singing and playing it in music class. Good tune. Also, this is apparently according to youtube the 400th comment, which I see as a win.
America's greatest ally that American has never known: is it France? No. Is it the UK? No. Is it Israel? Definitely Not. Australia? Yes. Australia has done a lot for us and we Americans don't know that.
I've tried to learn this song but just can't retain all the 'odd' words. It always makes me cry tho. Watch the ending of On The Beach and you'll get it.
when i was little in kindergarten/ prep my class would have to learn the song, but kids being kids we would usually forget it and i only really knew it was just a sad song, but we ended yp forgetting it for the national anthem that would play every friday in assembly. glad i could learn the song again.
Decades ago when I was in elementary school our music teacher would have us since this song, I loved it (although I clearly had no idea of the meaning!)
I'll upload the American lyrics This is the literal translation of this song into American English. I myself am not Australian, but i'm trying as hard as I can to help American and/or Canadian viewers. This is not a poetic translation. ++++++++++++++++++++ Once a happy hillbilly camped by the pond, under the shade of an Aussie tree, and he sang as he watched and waited until his water boiled, "you'll come a-walking bed with me!" (really australia?) Walking bed, Walking bed, "you'll come a-walking bed with me!" And he sang as he watched and waited until his water boiled, "you'll come walking bed with me!" ====Beautiful break==== Down came a sheep to drink at the pond, up jumped the hillbilly and grabbed him with glee! And he sang as he stuffed that sheep into his food bag, "you'll come walking bed with me!" Walking bed, walking bed, "you'll come a-walking bed with me!" And he sang as he stuffed that sheep into his food bag, "you'll come walking bed with me!" ====Beautiful break==== Up rode the settler, mounted on his horse. Up rode the troopers, one, two, and three. "Where's the jolly sheep you've got in your food bag?" (You'll come a-walking bed with me!) Walking bed, walking bed, "you'll come a-walking bed with me!" "Where's the jolly sheep you've got in your food bag?" You'll come a-walking bed with me! ====Beautiful break==== (it talks about sewerslide from here, beware) Up jumped the hillbilly into the pond, "you'll never take me alive!" said he, and his ghost may be heard as you pass by that pond...…. "You'll never take me alive!" said he. Walking bed, Walking bed, You'll come a-walking bed with me! And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that pond...… "You'll come a-walking bed with me!" "Oh, you'll come a-walking bed with me!" ==================================================== eh i did bad
As an Australian, I can say that your translation isn't too bad. But just note that Matilda was an affectionate name given to the swag from the swagman rather than a slang term for it. The swagmen were usually lonely travellers and gave their swags names of different women (usually something like a family member's name or name of someone who that had romantic feelings for) to make themselves feel less lonely.
When I was a youngster in about grade 2 or 3 we learned this song in school and sang it often. Our previous Principal was an Aussie, and we had loved them dearly. The whole community was heartbroken when they moved back to Australia. At a going away concert held in their honour, our little elementary school sang "Four Strong Winds" with the words changed from Alberta, to Australia.
For those of you wondering:
Waltz - wander (or dance to waltz music)
Matilda - affectionate name for a swag
Swag - bed roll for a wanderer's belongings
Swagman - wandering worker who carried a swag
Billabong - type of pond or lake
Billy - can for boiling water
Jumbuck - sheep
Tucker bag - food bag
Squatter - early settlers who claimed all of the good land
This song is about a homeless man drowning himself rather than rotting in prison at the hands of corrupt authorities, and Aussies sing it as proudly as their anthem.
OH MY GOD!!
I CAN FINALLY SPEAK AUSTRALIAN NOW!!
I love upbeat songs about suicide
@@Logang007 a enormous part of the greek national anthem just speaks about people dying. Liberty dies, the head of the Greek orthodox church dies, millions of innocent Greeks, both warriors and simple peasants die. Turks die, people promise to kill kings of northern Europe because they weren't helping us at the start of the revolution and Italians are dying and getting enslaved by a hawk that is supposed to represent the Austrian Empire
You aswell with Mr.Stalin above you had 69 likes inwhich i changed it :)
It’s basically the Australian version of “give me liberty or give me death!”
American tourists when they say “g’day mate”:
So the Aussie will drown themselves because of that?
@@LinhNguyen. indeed we would
@@ihaveneverfeltthetouchofaw996 bruh
@@ihaveneverfeltthetouchofaw996 sounds pretty based.
You guys are British Texans. So lol.
*Waltzing Matilda explained:*
Swagman = An itinerant worker, who travelled around on foot carrying his belongings (his swag).
Matilda = The swagman's bedroll, so named because it's "the only woman he sleeps with"
Waltzing Matilda = The bedroll was often carried at the hip, so it swung back and forth as the swagman walked along. The movement was similar in some respects to the way a man would swing a woman around during a lively waltz, hence to walk around while carrying one's bedroll was called "waltzing Matilda"
Billabong = A curve of a stream which has been cut off due to the water flow changing direction, also known as an oxbow lake.
Coolabah/Coolibah = A type of eucalyptus tree.
Billy = A tin pot, usually hung over a fire to boil water in to make a hot drink. Also used for general cooking.
Jumbuck = A male sheep.
Tucker bag = Tucker means food, so it's a food bag.
Squatter = In this context, someone who occupies unused crown land and develops and farms it.
Trooper = Soldier. Filled the role of a policeman before the police force was established.
Edit to add: The fact that the squatter was riding a thoroughbred horse indicates that he was wealthy and could well afford to lose a single sheep, and the fact that he brought three troopers with him indicates overkill in enforcing the law.
(Source: Melkior Wiseman)
Tucker is scavenged food from rural parts of Australia, usually the outback
The literal top comment is this bro
When I first listened to this, I was thinking that it was about a beautiful woman (Matilda) and a young boy (Billy).
@@brandonmorris92 💀
swag = money or goods taken by a thief or burglar
This song sounds like some long lost memory for some reason
the war against those cruel birds
Because of feather hats
It’s the lost memory of Australian culture.
@@cgt3704 and I’ll get my self a nice feather hat, did I say feather hat, i meant I want to........ together chat... with you
@@jontewicks6098 about getting some nice feather hats.... uhhh did i say feather hat? i meant i want to wage terror at.. these emus... and turn them all into feather hats
don't touch my jumbuck government 🐍
Icewallowcome
The government shouldn’t touch him then
@@tyrstone3539 the christ
Icewallowcome
you stole it tho
Ah yes, a song about a hobo who steals a sheep and then drowns himself to evade the authorities. Doesn't get more patriotic.
@@redcliffs19 there is a lot of deeper meaning; but there is very little "patriotism". Its just not the right term.
Goddamn right.
@@redcliffs19 Yankees are dim. I see it is an international condition. Like leprosy. Goddamn them all.
Pretty sure he didn't drown himself but got shot down by the billabong by the authorities. That would make more sense with the Australian history of police and rangers
@@williamjones6971 pretty sure they were joking but sure
This song not only talks about a man who in desperation steals a sheep and due to the corruption of the authorities, ends up committing suicide; It is also the history of Australia, a place that in its beginnings was a prison for thieves and poor murderers from Great Britain, arriving in Australia was considered a suicide. The song may not be the official anthem but really a large part of Australians consider it that way, since they are children some of them are forced to sing this song in the camps, others one 'cuz they want, where they try to teach them about Australia, as well as about life and how difficult it is, for that is that when they hear it and older, many times cry; the memories that come to them, both of their country's past, as well as of themselves and their families, is beautiful. Like to don't get lost in the comments.
@Daniel Ly only just won, still reckon it was a disgrace, too many city slickers embarrassed at our past 🖕
He didn't trust in God's providence, and, so violated two of the main commandments. How is protection of private property corruption? Lyric should be "whose is the jumbuck".
listen to yourself...thieves and "poor murderers"...since when do murderers deserve any mercy or pity? You fools...the song captures the spirit of that nation in far more depth than you see. Endurance, defiance, and perserverance. The country was forged not born. The men wrestled with conditions and nature and terrain in ways and suffering no one can possibly understand. Whats more...they did it from the ground up. What do you know about Australia anyway? Do you know they've fought in every war from the formation of the country? Always our (US) ally, never once an enemy. What do you know of Gallipoli? Sent by Churchill to be slaughtered by the Turks. The suffering and loss. Not just loss...unnecessary and useless loss. Those boys died in vain and their death's were a national tragedy. But so very like the spirit of the man in the song...pressing on and even in defiance and death....pressing on.
@Motorhome mick Historian Hoskins pointed out that, while pre-Americans were selectively bred for their ability to steal and to murder -- because that was how their stables of wives were acquired -- Americans (before pluralism) were more law-abidin because murderers were slain, resultin in selective breedin of the good. Bad blood came whenever outsiders were welcomed into the population, such as the astrologers, bankers, and bloodletters of the highborn, as well as the Plantagenets, who were of alien stock goin back to the mideast (Holy Blood Holy Grail) and thus were the ones who fostered the use of prison.
@@trukeesey8715 i cant comprehend how you people believe in that bullshit you call Christianity
A big thanks to Australian troops .. that saved us from the Japanese invasion in North Borneo back in ww2... God Bless Australia !
ANZAC
i think all of borneo was in japanese hand back then in ww2, the allies can not prevent the invasion from the japanese in borneo
@@juanditoooo I think he meant Papua.
@@kingjoolien2495 yeah probably
I'm not a Aussie troop bro but I wanna be in the army and a big thanks to Aussie army for saving Pacific island nations from Being under Japanese rule in WW2
I'm not even Australian. but this song still gives me the patriotic goosebumps. Love to my Aussie cousins from Canada!
Same to you I hope you are healthy and doing splendid.
As a proud Australian I can remember the entire lyrics, it's a shame many Aussies don't.
Not australian but i memorized it love australia love to go ther proud that we are allies.
most queenslands either partially or fully know it same with WA and NT however when i hummed it infront of my cousins from melbourne they had no clue same with my niece in Tassie
I sang this in grade 4 in front of my entire school so it’s embedded in my brain
I taught it to my childcare kids and taught them the meaning of the words, it was their favorite and their parents loved it too. So fun to see an enthusiastic three year old singing it. Didn’t explain the sad parts, though
Australian's are a dying breed. The true Aussies left in this country, are us, the one's who live in the bush and the outback. The cities are full of foreigners. Such a shame.
I can remember singing this in Primary school, the lyrics were a little different though, thanks Ingen.
Cursed name
@@bruhz_089 cursed idol
Americans: "ACAB!" "Back the Blue!"
Chad Australians: "Let's make a song about someone who drowns himself to avoid being sent to a corrupt prison our unofficial national anthem!" "Okay!
Do you know what ACAB means? It means all cops are bastards
@@reesespieces2514 yes
@@reesespieces2514 I think he was trying to say that people have differing opinions of the topic in America but in Australia they didn’t really have that
@@banzai5863 He's saying Australia is an epic country where people don't burn down cities over a criminal thug dying in police custody.
Not to be an ass, but ACAB is a saying that originated in Britain, cops is short for coppers, which refers to the copper buttons on the jackets of the police uniforms.
One of Australia's beloved anthems and the 1st Marine Division's adopted march. Always a good tune! Love from the US to our Aussie friends!
We are very proud of that adoption as well. When on exchange with US forces, I was surprised and proud to hear it when watching the 1 Div march. Thank you for the respect, with gratitude. We were the first to defeat both the Germans and the Japanese in battle, and we could not have done it without your help. Thanks mates.,
Thank you for that! Now I know why my father sang it. He fought in the Bastogne in Ww2 and they sang this lovely song to March. We are American. Now I get it.
@@tomberkley5888 I remember well, the Austrailian forces in Viet-nam,
Appreciated by those who served there, and recognized as brave fighters.
From a Viet-nam vet. (67-68)
@@tomberkley5888 Semper Fi
Australian English is just fantastic... All those lovely words... I wonder if it will ever develop to such a stage that it will stop being English and starts to be something completely new? 😊
Unfortunately, since the indigenous population is declining, can't imagine words like billabong will be around for much longer
@@adambennett805 What? The word Billabong is engraved in our culture. It might as well be an Australian word rather than an indigenous word at this point.
@@Iron_of_man fair enough but I mean I don't think Australian English will ever stop being English and become something new since the indigenous population is declining
@@adambennett805 I get you. Languages will die out, but some words that are rooted in Aussie culture will remain so, unless if there's too much foreign influence.
Kinda like Afrikaans maybe
A 100 year old nation is more proud of itself than some of the most ancient civilizations.
Not Australian, but I am an American Marine from the 1st Marine Division. This is our song too. Because of the welcome we got in Australia after we fought at Guadalcanal. So here's to Australia and to the "Old Breed", the 1st Marine Division. We'll all go a-waltzing Matilda together in any fight.
As an Australian soldier on exchange in the US I was thrilled to see and hear the 1st Div march. We are cemented together!
As an Australian, I thank you for your service in defending your nation and in service to the free world. The free world is under attack subversively right now, and for what it is worth, I am profoundly grateful for the sacrifices my forebears have made in getting us this far.
Semper Fidelis…!
This comment brought me to tears.
A great thanks to all the Australians and New Zealanders that came to defend Crete 🇬🇷❤🇦🇺
New Zealanders are called kiwis
🇦🇺❤️🇬🇷
no just australians
僕が20歳の時、オーストラリアのウロンゴンに1ヶ月くらい滞在してました。
そこでホストファミリーか、ケイラハイスクールで誰かが歌っていた記憶があります。
30年ぶりくらいに聞いて、懐かしくなりました。
I'm a japanease male.
When I was 20, I was in Wollongong, Australia for about a month.
I remember someone singing there, either my host family or someone at Keira High School.
I hadn't heard it in about 30 years and it made me nostalgic.
いいね
I am an Australian.
It is my dearest wish that you enjoyed yourself in my country.
Love Australia from Poland 🇵🇱🇭🇲
No u
Love Poland from Australia 🇦🇺🇵🇱
Love Australia from Australia 🇦🇺🇦🇺
@@asheep7797I love Australia
My best friend of 6 years is from Australia, love to Australia from England 🏴 ❤🇦🇺
🇦🇺❤️🏴
🇦🇺 ❤️ 🇬🇧
Great song from a great country....love the Aussies!
Thanks mate!
When you’re actually a country with really nice people although you started as a prisoner populated colony:
So did the US😅 seems like they’ve not changed much tho😂
@@joshbentley2307 Australia was founded by criminals, The United States was founded by tax evaders. 😂
@@anti-loganpaul7827 meanwhile Canada is just the chill not rebellious kid.
@@anti-loganpaul7827 and lunatic religious fundamentalists
Have you seen the crackheads in Tassie?
Australian through and through love this song, timeless aussie classic, thanks to everyone who fought for and saved Australia
Perfectly said mate! 4th gen Australian here!
@@alexlong535 dads side got sent over with the convicts leaving his wife and kids behind for stealing a sheep ironic lol, I love this song Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi
@@alexlong535 we r in the gretest country in the world
@@vncb-l1fhere here mate! Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi lol
just me or is anyone confused how a freaking live sheep fit into a food bag carried around
Maybe it was just a small enough lamb? 🤣
I thought it was a Lamb
Australia.
@@acasualcactus5878 jumbuck is actualy a ram (or male sheep)
He put what was left over, after he killed it and ate his fill, in his tucker bag.
When I was a small child my father used to play disc and my nickname was Matilda! I would give anything to hear my dad sing that one more time!❤
Beautiful song! Long live free, beautiful and talented Australia from USA! Can’t wait to visit you guys! 🇺🇸🫶🇦🇺
Do you even understand what this is saying 💀💀
A big thanks from France to Oz, you helped us twice with the price of your blood. Big hugs to you Kangaroos and Koalas. Kisses to ANZAC and forever in my heart :)
Cheers, you Frenchmen were brave soldiers during the first world war. The Marne, Somme, and Verdun were horrors no man should have had to experience.
as a French person raised in Australia, i couldn't agree more
When i played civ 6 australia this played, good memories
It's a wonderful and very sad song.Greetings to Australia
@@brigittahallik9516 Greeting to you from Australia.
@@qr8440 where are you from? Melbourne is hell with the anti vac protests and Covid everywhere
Proud to be a 1/8th Australian as my Uncle Graham came from Brisbane in the 70s, this was played at his funeral 8 years ago. He was a proud Aussie as well this song reminds me of him. R.I.P Uncle Graham.
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Everyone, begin a chain of F in honor of OP’s Uncle Graham
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@@sigmaballsnetwork F
@@euskara2068 F
Australian is basically it’s own language
English is basically like its own language, r-ryte guis?
@@isaacharkton6169 they only speak English in England dude
yea here we speak 'strayan mate
@@bruhz_089 yes, American has its own language, which replaces everything with types of guns
@@trforcectat And still has horrible mass shootings that won't end until everyone is dead in that cesspool of a nation.
In honor of ANZAC day and brave boys and men from Australia and New Zealand who gave their lives for my country God bless their souls and much love from Serbia.
Unfortunately, the ANZACs lost to the Ottomans. They found greater success in Villers-Bretonneux though.
You are most welcome from NZ
@@senorliamy17 Well they won in the end though.
@@imperialinquisition6006 yes they did, lest we forget.
@@senorliamy17we did redeem ourselves in palestine tho
my dad use to sing this to me when I was younger. We're British but he loved Australia.
I'm British, but I have relatives who live in Australia. The suburbs of Melbourne, to be precise.
Hell nah not Melbourne.
Oh dear, not Melbourne! Don’t tell people that lol
Warms my heart ❤️
To my friends forever down under. Especially my ANZAC brothers thank you for the Southern Cross and Waltzing Matilda. I'm proud I got to march with you on ANZAC day 8 years ago
As an Aussie, THIS should be our anthem
@dramusic whoa, whoa, whoa. The star spangled banner is the greatest anthem ever created!
@@johnirby8847 SOYUZ NERUSHIMY RESPUBLIK SVOBODNY
@@johnirby8847well this is actually a story song, not a wartime song.
I agree I’m Aussie
Advance Australia Fair is good as well
I always tought that the people from Australia where like super heroes, like super resistance against poison, xD
Well close enough. 😄🤣👍🍺
LONG LIVE AUSTRALIA! Best version yet.
Americans and Australias We are ONE now and forever!!!!!
According to Robert "Lucky" Leckie (USMC) after the battle of guadalcanal when the 1st marine division was stationed in Melbourne for RnR he said that "it seemed that within two days every member of the 1st marine division had memorized at least 2 verses of 'Waltzing Matilda.'"
Such a beautiful song!! The magical effect when " Waltzing Matilda " is sung at a Rugby match between the Wallabies & the All Blacks is brilliant.
This song is so good
His voice is amazing
Class
Passion
The music is brilliant
Fair dinkum and true blue pilled
Love how everyone who clearly isnt Australian is still making the same stupid jokes years after the stoped being funny
All these Yankees too.
Even as a brit who hasn't been to Australia since I was a baby, I still remember this song though not the lyrics. It surprises me that Aussies are saying some of them dont know this song at all...🇬🇧🤝🇭🇲
I remember the first time I ever heard this song was when I was a member of SABAH (Skating Association for the Blind and Handicapped). One of the shows we did was based around countries of the world, and I skated in the segment representing Australia. We were all dressed up in koala costumes, and the song that played during that segment was Waltzing Matilda. I was never sure what the lyrics of the song meant, but now that I have more knowledge, it really makes me appreciate my history with this song even more. Thanks for providing me with a learning experience, Australia!
For those hat do not know, the first picture was painted by Fredrick McCubbin, who was an Australian artist during the pioneering stage of Australia..otherwise during the time of colonialism and bush rangers. ‘1800s.’
I remember a young Australian couple attending the University of Manitoba, living in the same apartment building, who became friends with our mother and they would babysit us at their apartment after school until our mom came home. They had quite a few records from home one being the Slim Dusty version, the name of the record escapes me. Picked up a few bits of Australian slang from them as well; "little buggers" being among the most shocking to mom. That was way back in 65 - 66 and I can still sing along.
I'm a Mexicano and very few people in either the U.S. or Mexico have really heard of this song, at least that I know of. It's crazy to think that a song this deeply rooted to a national identity is outright unknown outside of the country.
May God bless the ausies .
Sons you have done good , building such a geat nation out of nothing is something you should be proud of and don't let anyone ever tell you anything different, it took blood sweat and tears to build a great country such as autralia , safeguard it. Somebody once said about my country"Who is the coward that will not die for a country such as this" and i can only say to you the same.
Ah yes down under the land of foot long spider and forest fires love from the whole world 🌎🌍🌏
Greetings Comrade! All glory to the Workers’ Revolution!!
Oh hello stalin...
Zeinex good morning mate
Your at 69 likes Mr.Stalin im about to change it, Please dont purge me Papa.
My great grandmother said that the soviet union was worse than Czarist Russia
Is that a jolly jumbuck in your tucker bag or are you just happy to see me?
Love from The doughboys, the USA 🇺🇸❤️
Any Australian want to explain what your specific words like swagman and billabong mean?
I'm English, but a swagman is like a vagrant worker, wandering about for work. A billabong is an oxbow lake. A jumbuck is a sheep. 🏴🇦🇺
@@letsgoraiding Thank you.
@@letsgoraiding Yeah nah yeah mate a swagman is a drifter or specifically homeless fella, whereas a billabong is any sort of creek, dam, lake, anything really except for things too bloody big. But you got Jumbuck right to hats off for that mate
@@IKMojito just with me reading the first 4 words I knew you were Aussie.
A swagman was a homeless guy who would travel between farms across Australia looking for work on farms (Usually sheep farms because they were the most profitable for swagmen to work at). A billabong is just a waterhole.
If France can have an anthem with lyrics like “their impure blood should water our fields” and get away with it in this day and age, I don’t understand why we couldn’t have this gorgeous piece of music as our national anthem instead of the boring, yawn inducing trash known as Advance Australia Fair. This is why I’m grateful to be half and have two anthems (the other being Japan, whose anthem sends chills 😍🥂), although I like to pretend Waltzing Matilda is the official anthem - it has a better melody and the lyrics are meaningful and true to our heritage, no matter how depressing it may seem. 💛
I reckon we are Australians would be a better choice
日本人同士おったやん！
@@mcfarofinha134 ヤッホー！ハーフですよ！
(*´∀`)♪
オーストリア生まれなので、こっちでそっだったけど日本語は幼い頃からずっと話してまsじた♪ 日本には五回しか行ったことがないけど、今も日本が恋しいですわ(´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀)
@@milo-rf1qj Oh my holy muffins yes 👏🏻💯✨🥂
I had actually forgotten but now that you’d mentioned it, I remember my JAPANESE mother saying this song would be better too 😂😂😂
Probably because there isn't any country that would take pride in an anthem about a guy stealing sheep and committing suicide rather than being caught by police. It would make events like the Olympics and the school assemblies a bit awkward. We had a petition to have down under as our anthem, but we are still waiting for our government to respond.
*god bless the fellows south of the equator* cheers from the United States! 🇺🇸🤜🤛🇦🇺
Those likes aren't dislikes, they came from down under
Bless you my southern equatorial brethren
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*LONG LIVE THE SOUTHERN CROSS*
*Long Live The Southern Cross*
then the "likes" are dislikes so that means everyone hates it
@@trolling1924 Very Wise for you to say that...
but actually no
@@YushiBoy-js1nk then we have 49 dislikes
Add California and its the Forestfire Axis
I love Australian 🇦🇺💗🐨
We are going to defeat the emus with this one🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️💯💯💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
As an Australian, I can say that I haven't heard this since I was like, 12 (now 23, turning 24) and as SOON as I heard this, it was like a core memory had been unlocked haha.
A British song about a lonely guy in a secluded area finding a lost sheep would have gone in a completely different direction.
Oh hell no don't tell me you mean that the guy'd shag the sheep
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I remember this song from my early childhood; always singing and playing it in music class. Good tune. Also, this is apparently according to youtube the 400th comment, which I see as a win.
Bless you Banjo what a great song you made
British Florida
@@danilotte2 Texas
Definitely Texas
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@@avatarcayo5293 stfu seppo it’s australia
@@danilotte2 Texas
Origionally a poem by Banjo Patterson. You could call him the original Bard of Australia. Most children learn his poems in school.
I Come from Civ 6 Australia's Soundtrack
I think I'll call sheep jumbuck from now on.
Is it bad that I can't understand about 1/4 of the words?
Unless you're Australian, no.
@33 SixtyNine Ha
I can't understand 3/4 of the words
Bloody yobbo money dagos here, fair dinkum they cant turn about like a jumbuck waltzin in a billabong
Very
I really like it you are very good 😊 YOU HAVE TO MAKE A MILLION MORE LIKE THIS lol you amazing
America's greatest ally that American has never known:
is it France? No.
Is it the UK? No.
Is it Israel? Definitely Not.
Australia? Yes.
Australia has done a lot for us and we Americans don't know that.
what did they do
Is it Russia? No, on so many levels, NO.
@@everettjohnson5709 Weve basically been by the americans side in basically any millitary or diplomatic campaign,
Canada?
@@mr.g6962 didnt help in Iraq or Vietnam
I have LOVED this song since the days when I saw the movie "On The Beach" in 1959.
The virgin Advance Australia fair Vs the Chad waltzing Matilda
Beautiful, just beautiful, and wonderful voice, thank you!
Love Australia from a orthodox Mexican ☦️🇲🇽❤️🇦🇺
We appreciate mate! From 🇦🇺
I've tried to learn this song but just can't retain all the 'odd' words. It always makes me cry tho. Watch the ending of On The Beach and you'll get it.
as an egyptian who knows nothing about australia, i love this song because it has funny words
Has a dark story though, check the comments. You maybe know it.
when i was little in kindergarten/ prep my class would have to learn the song, but kids being kids we would usually forget it and i only really knew it was just a sad song, but we ended yp forgetting it for the national anthem that would play every friday in assembly. glad i could learn the song again.
The emus have been real quiet since this dropped.
ez dub
What should be and basically is our anthem. Also the daily clock sound of MC
As an australian I can confirm that this was played during the great emu war.
The recording was made in 1937
As an Aussie reading the comments made me tear up
Decades ago when I was in elementary school our music teacher would have us since this song, I loved it (although I clearly had no idea of the meaning!)
I'll upload the American lyrics
This is the literal translation of this song into American English. I myself am not Australian, but i'm trying as hard as I can to help American and/or Canadian viewers.
This is not a poetic translation.
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Once a happy hillbilly camped by the pond,
under the shade of an Aussie tree,
and he sang as he watched and waited until his water boiled,
"you'll come a-walking bed with me!" (really australia?)
Walking bed,
Walking bed,
"you'll come a-walking bed with me!"
And he sang as he watched and waited until his water boiled,
"you'll come walking bed with me!"
====Beautiful break====
Down came a sheep to drink at the pond,
up jumped the hillbilly and grabbed him with glee!
And he sang as he stuffed that sheep into his food bag,
"you'll come walking bed with me!"
Walking bed,
walking bed,
"you'll come a-walking bed with me!"
And he sang as he stuffed that sheep into his food bag,
"you'll come walking bed with me!"
====Beautiful break====
Up rode the settler, mounted on his horse.
Up rode the troopers, one, two, and three.
"Where's the jolly sheep you've got in your food bag?"
(You'll come a-walking bed with me!)
Walking bed,
walking bed,
"you'll come a-walking bed with me!"
"Where's the jolly sheep you've got in your food bag?"
You'll come a-walking bed with me!
====Beautiful break====
(it talks about sewerslide from here, beware)
Up jumped the hillbilly into the pond,
"you'll never take me alive!" said he,
and his ghost may be heard as you pass by that pond...….
"You'll never take me alive!" said he.
Walking bed,
Walking bed,
You'll come a-walking bed with me!
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that pond...…
"You'll come a-walking bed with me!"
"Oh, you'll come a-walking bed with me!"
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eh i did bad
W A L K I N G B E D
@@jamier65551 i wish there was a better way to translate it
A swagman would be more like a Nomad or a drifter
@@conroads2626 *sleeping bag*
As an Australian, I can say that your translation isn't too bad. But just note that Matilda was an affectionate name given to the swag from the swagman rather than a slang term for it. The swagmen were usually lonely travellers and gave their swags names of different women (usually something like a family member's name or name of someone who that had romantic feelings for) to make themselves feel less lonely.
This is also the anthem of the 1st MARDIV anthem because this is the song they were met with when they landed at Melbourne.
Seppos try not to make everything about them challenge (IMPOSSIBLE!)
@@eater_of_garbage_ dumb asses try not to feel little brother syndrome *impossible*.
I've got so many goosebumps I'm now Australian and can understand this alien language
The bloke singing sounds eerily similar to the great American vocalist Paul Robeson.
Love from Australia 🇦🇺🇦🇺
I love Australia ❤ greetings from Berlin Germany
Always will love Australia, especially because of this song. 🇺🇸🇦🇺
Fun fact:this was meant to be the official national anthem but the offical we have is advanced Australia fair
Canadian and Anzac troops....many thanks from a proud Canadian!
This was written before Australia was a country
Australia was never a country its a continent
@@Surr3alll lol
@@Surr3alll Bruh are you thick?
Oceania is a continent.
This was written before confederation in 1903
Ingen, you forgot to include the English translation.
Golf medal for FIN by Matilda Castren in Paris 2024. Maybe? 😊
God bless Australia 🇦🇺
That cringe aboriginal flag...
@@edwardcumpstey9061 Why tf would that be cringe? Its a great flag tbh
@@cawab2995 Aborigine flag looks like shit.
I’m from that country.
When I was a youngster in about grade 2 or 3 we learned this song in school and sang it often. Our previous Principal was an Aussie, and we had loved them dearly. The whole community was heartbroken when they moved back to Australia. At a going away concert held in their honour, our little elementary school sang "Four Strong Winds" with the words changed from Alberta, to Australia.
🇩🇪 ❤ 🇦🇺
🇦🇺 ❤ 🇬🇧
Why isn't this song the naional anthem of Australia? The world wonders. It is beautiful and oozes Australia from ever pore.
God Bless Australia!
I love this song so much ❤❤