Waltzing Matilda

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[modifica] Origine e storia della canzone

Waltzing Matilda è, senza dubbio, la canzone australiana più famosa, tanto da essere stata proposta piùvolte come inno nazionale al posto di "Advance Australia fair".
Il testo della canzone venne composto nel 1895 da Banjo Paterson, poeta e nazionalista australiano.
La canzona venne usate per la prima volta come inno nazionale durante una partita di rugby contro la Nuova Zelanda alla XXI Olimpiade, poiché gli All Blacks ballarono la haka, la loro famosa danza tradizionale. Da allora apparve sempre come canto prima delle partite di rugby.

[modifica] Le parole

Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong,
Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled
"Who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me?"

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
Who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me
And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled,
"Who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me?"

Along came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong,
Up jumped the swagman and seized him with glee,
And he sang as he stowed that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
Who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me
And he sang as he set that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me?".

Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred,
Down came the troopers, one, two, three,
"Whose is that jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?"
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
Who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me
"Whose is that jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?",
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me?".

Up jumped the swagman, leapt into the billabong,
"You'll never catch me alive," said he,
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by the billabong,
"Who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
Who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by the billabong,
"Who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me?"

Australia
Stati e territori continentali australiani
Australia Meridionale | Australia Occidentale | Australian Capital Territory | Nuovo Galles del Sud | Queensland | Tasmania | Territorio del Nord | Victoria
Jervis Bay Territory
Territori esterni
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