the shade of a Coolabah tree; And he sang as he looked at his old billy boiling, 'Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.' Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda, my darling, Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me? Waltzing Matilda and leading a water-bag— Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me? Down came a jumbuck to drink at the water-hole, Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him in glee; And he sang as he put him away in his tucker-bag, 'You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me!' Down came the Squatter a-riding his thorough-bred; Down came Policemen — one, two, and three. 'Whose is the jumbuck you've got in the tucker-bag? You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with we.' But the swagman, he up and he jumped in the water-hole, Drowning himself by the Coolabah tree; And his ghost may be heard as it sings in the Billabong, 'Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?' In a facsimile of the first part of the original manuscript, included in Singer of the Bush, a collection of Paterson's works published by Lansdowne Press in 1983, the first two verses appear as follows: Oh there once was a swagman camped in the billabong, Under the shade of a Coolibah tree, And he sang as he looked at the old billy boiling, Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me? Chorus: Who'll come a waltzin' Matilda my darling, Who'll come a waltzin' Matilda with me? Waltzing Matilda and leading a water bag, Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me? Down came a jumbuck to drink at the water hole, Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him in glee, And he sang as he put him away in the tucker bag, You'll come a waltzin' Matilda with me. Chorus: You'll come a waltzing Matilda my darling, You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda and leading a water bag, You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me. Some corrections in the manuscript are evident; the verses originally read (differences in italics): Oh there once was a swagman camped in the billabong, Under the shade of a Coolibah tree, And he sang as he looked at the old billy boiling, Who'll come a roving Australia with me? Chorus: Who'll come a rovin (rest missing) Who'll come a waltzin' Matilda with me? Waltzing Matilda and leading a tucker bag. Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me? It has been suggested that these changes were from an