Waltzing Matilda
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waltzing-matilda-208-6054549
title:
Waltzing Matilda
text:
"Waltzing Matilda" is a song developed in the Australian style of poetry and folk music called a bush ballad. It has been described as the country's "unofficial national anthem". The title was Australian slang for travelling on foot (waltzing) with one's belongings in a "matilda" (swag) slung over one's back. The song narrates the story of an itinerant worker, or "swagman", boiling a billy at a bush camp and capturing a stray jumbuck (sheep) to eat. When the jumbuck's owner, a squatter (grazier)
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Australian song
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltzing_Matilda
date created:
2002-02-23T15:42:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T08:29:05Z
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13
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