My mum loves the Irish Rovers, so I grew up with a lot of their music among other oldies. This one always helps me calm down when I'm overwhelmed and anxious.

The Irish Rovers are some of the greatest artists ever and I love all their music and have for more than 40 years.I used to watch the variety show they had on CBC here in Canada as a child and will never forget them or stop listening to the music. To thee members gone I say rest in peace and God has very good additions to his choir.

I learned this song in 1944 at age 11, in our school choir. The teacher explained the words, and I've never forgotten them. We sang a variety of patriotic songs on the radio in Hamilton, Ontario This is a great version. - Ted B.

@richunixunix3313

2 жыл бұрын

me ten years later...even we "Yanks' know a good tune every once in while. Richard B.

@user-gm5bv2ez2r

4 ай бұрын

Colorado Springs 4th grade 1966

@IchabodvanTassel98

2 ай бұрын

RIP John Curtin

I was taught this song here down in the American South in 2003. Lotta love for Aussies

In Vietnam I sang this quite often with my Australian friends. Not many people understand the lyrics. .....But I do.

@dalekundtz760

7 жыл бұрын

Done Fedup Glad I did some checking to understand the lyrics fully. My mom sang me this song when I was a youngster...am an old codger now, but the song brings back wonderful memories of days gone by.

@elryanoo

6 жыл бұрын

Evading arrest drowning in a lake over a sheep.

@fastsetinthewest

6 жыл бұрын

Done Fedup Your Australian buddies saved my ass in the Republic of Vietnam. I was down in a U.S. Army OH 6A helicopter. Australians picked me up in a Huey. God save Australia. Thank you. Words can't express my thoughts to you as my emotions are overwhelming.

@marvinthemaniac7698

6 жыл бұрын

Are you a war veteran?

@haroldinho__9377

4 жыл бұрын

elryanoo it’s an allegory for British rule of Australia, the swagman represents Australia, the troopers and the squatter represent England. The song was made in the gold rush were unfair taxes were placed on the Australian miners by the British troopers and government, the troopers taking away the sheep represent the British taking away what little the poor Australians owned. The suicide shows that we would rather die than be under British rule.

this is the best version of Waltzing Matilda. period.

@targfu

6 ай бұрын

johnny cash did great job

Im a teenage girl from Canada, and i absolutley LOVE this song,

I grew up with this song, remember singing it in school, here in Canada.

(Another Canadian) I remember growing up and hearing this song. It was so beautiful, and it is such a beautiful song. Then I saw "On the beach" and the mournful instrumental of Waltzing Matilda in the background brought tears to my eyes. It is such a beautiful melody, and and wonderful song.

42 people are lean &cadaverous to not love this song, what a beautiful melody!

Very emotional song....Truly Love this song.

I love this song . I went convent school run by Australian nuns at sasebo japan 1956 or so and sister wore black habit sing or humming this song I am 80 years old now and every time I heard this song I got such a nostalgia. Those sisters are all dead except one sister merry monica she is about 100 years old I wonder if she is singing now a days

@MrKenichi22

Жыл бұрын

maybe she is, not sure how long she has left, but she’d be happy knowing she and her sisters of the church touched your life.

@yandarger2818

Жыл бұрын

Clearly a fake story, but a good one nonetheless

Irish Rovers singing a Australian folk song,GREAT.

My Gramps Owen Kimberley was born in 1913 in NSW Australia. My Grandma Rae Kezziah was born 6 years later. They were married for 76 years, second longest documented couple in Aussie history. They lived to 104 and 98 respectively... They have a little Irish in them. We have a strong connection with our Irish brothers and sisters.

Soo Line it wouldn't let me reply but what a BEAUTIFUL story. It's probably the most movingly beautiful thing I've ever read on KZread in the comments. I pray he came to rest in a beautiful shady spot, too. Bless him for his sacrifice.

Hands down the best version of this song. The intro is priceless!

Yes, one of the old ones. For more videos from us go to The Irish Rovers Official KZread channel at kzread.info Slainte!

Very moving song. My great-great-grandfather is resting on a battlefield somewhere in France. He was lost in the Argonne Forest during WWI. I hope he has a shady spot. Eric Bogle is a wonderful songwriter. I wish he had more songs on here. I wish I could meet him and thank him for paying tribute to all the young men who lost their lives in the horrors of the trenches. Boys, if we ever meet, the first round is on me!

@alphamav

7 жыл бұрын

Tangent much?

@richunixunix3313

7 жыл бұрын

sigh, I'm in my late 60's and my grandfather (who passed in 1966) was also a dough-boy, he never talked about the trenches (as he called them). I do miss him...

Thank you so much for putting this up. I love the Irish Rovers, and this is a favorite of mine.

GREAT version

Not bad...a blend of the Queensland Version and the popular version of this song.

Don Quixote of swags

This is so beautiful

the irish rovers always remind me of my grandma who is dying of lung cancer.......i will always think of my grandma when i hear irish rovers

Beautiful

I'm astonished at this mix. The verses are sung to the Queensland version of the song and the chorus is sung to the NSW version. I've put the two versions together before but never like this.

Just appreciate it. Irish/Aussie 60's folk music? Outstanding!

A billabong is an ox-bow lake.

I learned this song when I was in the 6th grade

*Sigh* Oh nostalgia and childhood memories~ :) All we would listen to when I was a kid was the Irish Rovers, Enya and Aqua :3

@maryarmstrong3296

6 жыл бұрын

Domi Shimito 0

Gene I was not in Nam but spent 25 years in the Military and did work with Aussie mostly in Canada great bunch I also know the message of the song.

Great song Have not heard it in years :D

Waltzing Matilda Lyrics There once was a swagman camped by a billabong, Under the shade of a Coolibah tree, And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boil, You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me, And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boil You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. .................... Down came a jumbuck to drink at that waterhole Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee, And he sang as he stowed him away in his tucker bag You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me, And he sang as he stowed him away in his tucker bag You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. ..................... Down came the squatter riding on his thorough-bred Down came policemen One Two Three Wheres the jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me Wheres the jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker-bag You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. ...................... But the swagman he upped and he jumped into the waterhole Drowing himself by the Coolibah Tree And his ghost may be heard as you walk along the billabong You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me And his ghost may be heard as you walk along the billabong You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. You'll come a Waltzing Matilda my darling You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me Waltzing Matilda leaving the water bag You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me

Banjo Paterson's song Waltzing Matilda, an unofficial Australian anthem, was also written about this era of shearers' industrial disputes in Queensland. Working conditions for sheep shearers in 19th century Australia were not good. In 1891 wool was one of Australia's largest industries, but as the wool industry grew, so did the number and influence of shearers. By 1890, the Amalgamated Shearers' Union of Australasia boasted tens of thousands of members, and had unionised thousands of sheds. At their annual conference in Bourke in 1890, the Union laid down a new rule, which prohibited members from working with non-union workers. Soon after, shearers at Jondaryan Station on the Darling Downs went on strike over this issue. As non-union labour was still able to process the wool, the Jondaryan shearers called for help. The Rockhampton wharfies responded and refused to touch the Jondaryan wool. The unionists won the battle. This galvanised the squatters, and they formed the Pastoralists' Federal Council, to counter the strength of the unions. The Australian Socialist League also involved itself directly with the shearers as the strike loomed (which would lead to its involvement in the foundation of the Australian Labor Party).[2] The strike

I grew up with this song, Sri Lanka

Borderlands Pre-Sequel reference led me back to this gem, haha.

Great song! Thanks for posting it!

Thank you for putting this on youtube.

"Down came the squatter [landowner] riding on his thoroughbred." "Down came the police men 1, 2, 3."

@makjac46

6 жыл бұрын

Nat, investigations show it was PoliceMAN (trooper) 123, which was his badge number, cheers

@jordansinclair281

5 жыл бұрын

@@makjac46 no mate, the original lyrics are "down came the troopers one, two, three", clearly showing there were three coppers. They didn't have badge numbers in those days

@makjac46

5 жыл бұрын

@@jordansinclair281 Trooper 123 not Troopers

@jordansinclair281

5 жыл бұрын

It's still counting the amount of troopers. Three troopers, not one

@makjac46

5 жыл бұрын

@@jordansinclair281 you are right, ok.

Thanks for sharing

G'day all you folk who have made queries re: Waltzing Matilda. A Matilda is a 'swag' or a 'bedroll'. There were many 'Swagmen' in Australia when times were hard and lean. Generally before and only just after WWII going back through from the 1800s to mid 1950s. Swagmen usually found work shearing sheep (which they were paid going rates for) and between shearing, fronted up for any other tasks they could undertake, for a meal and somewhere dry to sleep.A.B.(Banjo) Paterson. arguably Australia's greatest poet, wrote 'Waltzing Matilda' while working on a sheep property near Winton in Mid Western Queensland, Australia in the early years of the 20thC, around 1905/10. Waltzing Matilda has become the unofficial anthem of Australians around the world.

Singing about swag before it was cool :)

Leave it to a Canadian band to make the Australian national anthem sound like an Irish folk song, culture clash! 🇨🇦🇦🇺🇮🇪

@4343george

5 жыл бұрын

It actually is not the Australian National Anthem ( even though there was interest in making it so at one time and I'm sure there still is )..BUT still a GREAT song,one of My favorites !!!!!!!

@marvinthemaniac7698

4 жыл бұрын

@@4343george what is the national anthem of Australia then?

@4343george

4 жыл бұрын

Advance Australia Fair is the National Anthem of Australia....But Waltzing Matilda IS better known outside of Australia AND it is a Great song !!!!!!!!!!!!!

@4343george

4 жыл бұрын

When Australia was first settled as a Penal colony courtesy of England....many of the convicts were Irish .So i would think that it isn't too much of a culture clash ...... either way still a GREAT SONG !

@marvinthemaniac7698

4 жыл бұрын

@@4343george I believe you

A British-American like me has been lucky that I discovered my heritage and the anglo-speaking world. In the United States, people are increasingly whitewashed of any aspect of their heritage, and you need pride to defend it. Back when, things were different, long before I was born... the United States and Australia were two peas in a pod; a wide expansive land with unknown dangers and rovers that traveled from Maine to Sacramento and back, with no more than a bundle on their stick. Somehow the United States and Australia went two very different ways before they got close, like two brothers who were seperated by their parents' divorce. I have no ties to Australia except for a few crazy people I've met, Fairbairn Films and Bundaberg Ginger Beer... but I would totally go to Australia: my brothers and sisters, America done correctly, freedom and right...

@mangojack1487

3 жыл бұрын

When the world is safe again come on down. You won’t regret it.

@dracodistortion9447

3 жыл бұрын

@@mangojack1487 i plan on it!

Swags

I always kinda thought that waltzing Matilda was like the hemp fandango . . .

Hansa-Park Pirateland Soundtrack

Sweet!

Wow

"We voted ' Liberal-National... [rightist Party in Australia]...The People Ayn Rand said were 'rational'...." (Sir Malcolm Fraser [P.M. from 1975-1983] had dinner at the White House with his favourite author-Ayn Rand-in 1975, thanks to then Chief Economic Advisor Alan Grenspan, appointed under U.S. Pres. Gerald Ford.)

the surprise "live free or die" ending is why it will never be the official national anthem of Australia...

@EncryptedLiberty

9 жыл бұрын

Because it was started as an island of prisoners?

I remember hearing somewhere that "Waltzing Matilda" is a euphemism for a hanging.

@genericpersonx333

9 жыл бұрын

It can be. It is a very versatile expression for sure.

@valhallaviking7054

9 жыл бұрын

Never heard of waltzing Matilda used for hanging. I've heard that some can be dancing Danny deever though.

@michaelkelley4458

7 жыл бұрын

I remember Robert A. Heinlein used "Danny Deever" for hanging in Starship Troopers and Waltzing Matilda was a fight apparently. The first makes sense, the second confuses me.

@makjac46

6 жыл бұрын

sounds unlikely, the very act of walking with a swag is much like waltzing (with) Matlida. Cheers Dag.

@MySerpentine

6 жыл бұрын

Like the hemp fandango, yeah

Thought it was called ...swag...but they mention tucker bag ?

my eyes are sweating...

Waltzing Matilda means a poor mans walk

@eldermillennial8330

7 жыл бұрын

census verse I am under the impression that it is also an old joke about a committed survivalist who loves roving more then anything, and his pack is the only "wife" he would ever want, and the landscape is a dance floor upon which he "waltzes" his "wife". Is that at least partly correct?

@therealhuttertube

6 жыл бұрын

+RyGuy Son of Seamsters the term waltzing maltida got nothing to do with dancing

@kingbillycokebottle5484

3 жыл бұрын

More or less, when ya swag swings on ya back it makes you sway side to side, like a waltz.

irish singing australia's anthem reminds me of that german band singing Moskau

Sing the walzing lyrics with me

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Starts at 0.53

Restart Button - 00:50

Who of the group is singing the main part? Is that Ferguson?

I'm missing about 1/3 of the lyrics.

@xhlavac I will add them (:

This is not from the CD "The Best of the Irish Rovers" (I checked) Are you sure about the cover? Where can you ACTUALLY find this song?

@JBurdoo

4 жыл бұрын

It's from The Irish Rovers in Australia.

"WALTZING MATILDA WALTZING MATLDA!" -filthy frank

My only question is, what happened to the jumbuck after he jumped in the water?

@kingbillycokebottle5484

3 жыл бұрын

He was dead when the swaggy put him in the bag

🇮🇪☘️❤️🇦🇺🦘

Norman fox

Is this song available for purchase anywhere?

@Xoynyay

10 жыл бұрын

Try the site Discogs, it has information about most music and where you can buy them if they are for sale.

@SunyCartoons

10 жыл бұрын

Ok, thanks!

QUEENSLAND VERSION!! =D

I also highly recommend "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" by the Pogues.

@paddy1952

4 жыл бұрын

I think Liam Clancy's version is the best.

how could you

Nice meme

@olliescully4946

8 жыл бұрын

fuk off out of here!

funhaus anyone?

@brotherpig5656

8 жыл бұрын

+Bruce Lee Yep

40 dafties are lean &cadaverous

I remember the day my pop-pop told me to listen closely to the lyrics of this song. I am still stuck on why he wanted me to listen to the lyrics close. I hope one day I figure it out. I never got the chance to ask him why. maybe someone can help me understand why I had to listen closely to the lyrics.

@TKS_Adam

4 жыл бұрын

Better to die your way, than pressed into a life by force because you were living free and the forces that be didn't like it.

Yeah....I don't think so.

Not word perfect, from an Aussies point of view, but passable,,, Get it word perfect and Aussies around the world will stand up and join in, hoisting beers in the air to celebrate Australia and its welcome to the world.

This song needs annotations or something. Its a pretty song but I have no idea what any of the words mean.

@justsomerando718

7 жыл бұрын

Draven a waltzing Matilda is a pack, a billabong is a pool of deep water, a jumback is a sheep, a billy is a can they boiled tea in, and a squatter is a landowner

@shadowman2192

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@justsomerando718

7 жыл бұрын

Draven a swagman was a wanderer, a tuckerbag was a food bag, waltzing matilda could also refer to the act of wandering, the bag could also be called a swag

The meaning of the song? here ya go....A swagman (man carrying a swag) Swag is a bedroll and other needs rolled up to carry over his shoulder. who camped by a Billabong (shady area of a creek) Coolibah tree (tree) Billy boiled...usually a tin can of water placed over a fire and when it starts to boil he would throw some tea into it. Jumbuck (sheep) Tucker bag ( food bag) Squatter..Owner of a sheep "farm" that squatted when land was given away for next to nothing. Trooper...Policeman. (123) was the troopers number and the rest is self explanatory.

@bonnydog2204

6 жыл бұрын

spot on. except a billabong is a water hole like a pond or a very small lake

o and btw the lyrics are wrong for the song

@badpossum440

3 жыл бұрын

Qld version we do things differently.

Frank Ifield has the best version....

I'm sorry guys.. I gotta say it. Swag.

A "Blue" is a Redhead. I'm 100% serious...

@gwc289

5 жыл бұрын

Ethan Rozling you are 100% correct! Strange but true!

@kenchristie9214

5 жыл бұрын

In Australia any redhead person was assumed to be of Irish heritage and was called a Carey Blue in reference to the potato which has a red speckled skin.

Okay, as much as I like The Irish Rovers; they can do way better than that!

@jackcunningham5821

10 жыл бұрын

What are you talking about, this is great; just a different style than their normal.

@madnessofmymind

9 жыл бұрын

You are crazy. This is the best version of this song. They are amazing!

@gordie094

8 жыл бұрын

I'm with you Jack, this is a great version to a great song!