BANJO PATERSON - AUSTRALIAN WRITER

                   BANJO PATERSON-
                  AUSTRALIAN WRITER

'Banjo' Paterson was a famous Australian writer. He wrote stories and poems about Australian bush and about the people who lived and worked there. He wrote 'Waltzing Matilda' which became one of Australia's best known songs. Banjo Paterson's real name was Andrew Barton Paterson. 'Banjo' was a nickname he used when he first started writing and he has been known as 'Banjo' Paterson ever since then.

                                                                      Waltzing Matilda

                                               Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
                                                         Under the shade of a coolibah tree
                                        And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled
                                                         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 boiled
                                                       You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.

                                           Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong
                                            Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee
                                       And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tuckerbag
                                                        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 boiled
                                                       You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.

                                                 Up rode the squatter mounted on his thoroughbred
                                                                Down came troopers one two three
                                                   Whose that jumbuck you've got in the tuckerbag?
                                                               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 boiled
                                                            You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.

                                               Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong
                                                              You'll never catch me alive said he
                                               And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong
                                                    You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.

                                                                Sam Kurakar-Australia