Waltzing Matilda

호주에서 이 노래는 거의 두 번째 애국가로 불릴 정도로 꽤나 유명한 곡이다.

(역 주: 한국의 아리랑과 같은 곡이다.)

호주인들이 이노래를 좋아하는지 호주의 모든 행사는 물론 상점마다 이노래가 연주되고 있으며

시드니 올림픽에서도 연주가 되었습니다...

이곡은 호주의 수많은 가수들이 불렀고 미해병대의 행진곡으로도 쓰입니다..

이 노래(Waltzing Matilda) 는 호주의 시인 Banjo Paterson (1864~1941) 이 1895년 쓴 시가 민요로 된 것으로,

어느 한 부랑자가 양을 훔쳐 작은 강가에 숨어 생활을 했는데, 경찰에게 쫓기다가 강에 빠져 죽었고,

그 이후로 그 강가에서는 영혼의 노래소리가 들렸다고 하는 내용의 노래입니다.

Waltzing Matilda - The Seekers

Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong,
Under the shade of a coolibah tree.
He sang and he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled,
"You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me."

Waltzing Matilda, Matilda, my darlin',
You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me.
He sang and he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled,
"You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me."

Well, down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong;
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee.
He laughed as he stowed the jumbuck in his tucker-bag,
"You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me."

Waltzing Matilda, Matilda, my darlin',
You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me.
He laughed as he stowed the jumbuck in his tucker-bag,
"You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me."

Well, up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred;
Up rode the troopers -- one, two, three.
"Where's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker-bag?
You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me."

Waltzing Matilda, Matilda, my darlin',
You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me.
"Where's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker-bag?
You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me."

Well, up jumped the swagman and jumped into the billabong;
"You'll never take me alive," said he.
His ghost may be heard as you pass by the billabong,
"You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me."

Waltzing Matilda, Matilda, my darlin',
You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me.
His ghost may be heard as you pass by the billabong,
"You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me."