Waltzing Matilda request for January Sydney Show

[ph4ever]

sorry - but an american cant waltz matilda my darlin .... you gotta have the aussie accent

Nothing's ever stopped Buffett from butchering a cover before.

no kidding

[creeky]

sorry - but an american cant waltz matilda my darlin .... you gotta have the aussie accent

Nothing's ever stopped Buffett from butchering a cover before.

no kidding

he did down under on the video message ... I am guessing that will be the one he does

[ejr]

Jenny--I am soooo excited for you that finally he is true to his word and coming to Australia! Hope you get great seats and have a great time!

[Bicycle Bill]

This thread got me thinking (I know, scary) to what the song is about.
This is from Wiki---and I know, it isn't always true

"Waltzing Matilda" is Australia's most widely known bush ballad, a country folk song, and has been referred to as "the unofficial national anthem of Australia".[1]

The title is Australian slang for travelling by foot with one's goods in a "Matilda" (bag) slung over one's back.[2] The song narrates the story of an itinerant worker, or swagman, making a drink of tea at a bush camp and capturing a sheep to eat. When the sheep's ostensible owner arrives with three police officers to arrest the worker for the theft (a crime punishable by hanging), the worker commits suicide by drowning himself in the nearby watering hole, and then goes on to haunt the site.

The original lyrics were written in 1887 by poet and nationalist Banjo Paterson. It was first published as sheet music in 1903. Extensive folklore surrounds the song and the process of its creation, to the extent that the song has its own museum, the Waltzing Matilda Centre in Winton, Queensland.

Whoa---not the perky song I thought it was

Not the first time a catchy melody camouflaged a darker backstory —



-"BB"-