Swagman
Swagman A swagman is an old Australian term describing an ... carrying the traditional swag. Also characteristic of swagman attire was a hat strung with corks ... work was available. A romanticised figure, the swagman remains famous through the song "Waltzing Matilda", by Banjo Paterson, which details a swagman who turns to stealing a sheep ...
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Waltzing Matilda
... its lyrics, relating the story of a swagman who steals a sheep and drowns himself ... and Rolf Harris. Lyrics Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong, Under the shade ... drink at the billabong, Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee, And he ... Waltzing Matilda, with me?". Up jumped the swagman, leapt into the billabong, "You'll never ... The words unfamiliar to non-Australians are: swagman the Australian equivalent of a hobo; ...
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Waltzing Matilda   (translated from German)
... The song tells the history of a "Swagman" (migratory worker, vagrant), at one Billabong (a ... Song text "Waltzing Matilda" Once A jolly swagman camped by A billabong Under the shade ... drink RK that billabong UP jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee And he ... waltzing matilda with ME UP jumped the swagman and jumped into that billabong "You'll ...
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Frenzal Rhomb
... Up a Storm . Retitled Once a Jolly Swagman Always a Jolly Swagman, the album was issued on America's ... So Tough Now (1997) Once a Jolly Swagman Always a Jolly Swagman (title of US release of Coughing up ...
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The Shiralee
The Shiralee The Shiralee is one of the films made by the British Ealing Studios and directed by Leslie Norman . The Shiralee – based on the story of the same name by D'Arcy Niland – tells the story of the itinerant rural worker Macauley (Peter Finch)—sometimes described as a ...
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Talk:Banjo Paterson
... Banjo, says: "Oh there once was a swagman camped in the billabongs, Under the shade ... Whereas we now sing: "Once a Jolly Swagman camped by the billabong Under the shade ...
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Coughing up a Storm
... It was re-titled Once a Jolly Swagman Always a Jolly Swagman for its 1997 US release. Track listing ...
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Swag
... so balancing the swag behind. But a swagman can throw a heavy swag in a ... been called swagmen and some not. See swagman. A swag was sometimes known as a ...
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Talk:Waltzing Matilda
... words. Rather than saying 'once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong', the words jolly ... Chinese were changed, hence 'once a Chinese swagman camped by a billabong'. The song was ...
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Arthur W. Upfield   (translated from German)
... and the Todesotter, 1965) Death OF A Swagman, 1945 (Bony, 1964 are arrested) The Devil ...
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