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| | Waltzing Matilda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The song incorporates the melody and a few lines of the "Waltzing Matilda's" lyrics at its conclusion. | | | "Waltzing Matilda" is Australia's most widely known folk song and one that has been popularly suggested as a potential national anthem many times. | | | A derivative work, And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda, was created by Eric Bogle in 1972, and performed most popularly by The Pogues on the album Rum Sodomy and the Lash. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltzing_Matilda
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| | Roger Clarke's Waltzing Matilda Home-Page |
| | Whether 'The Bold Fusilier' is a 'steal' from 'Waltzing Matilda' or not, there have been a few outright parodies of the song, demonstrating various levels of humour and bad taste. | | | Eric Bogle's song 'And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda'' | | | Australia's national anthem (no, it's not 'Waltzing Matilda', or at least it isn't yet) |
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http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/WM
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| | Waltzing Matilda |
| | In 1941 the suggestion was raised via the Sydney Bulletin that the tune and word structure of Waltzing Matilda is based upon a song "The Bold Fusilier' which, on account of its reference to the Duke of Marlborough, was assumed to date from the early 1700s. | | | First, I think it likely that "The Bold Fusilier" is an authentic folk song, and most unlikely that it was composed after "Waltzing Matilda." Nor do I regard it as believable that this form would have been evolved independently by Paterson. | | | Further changes may have been introduced consciously at the time the song was published as sheet music in 1903. |
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http://www.csufresno.edu/folklore/ballads/PBB119.html
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| | LYRICS: Small Change: Tom Traubert's Blues |
| | If we decide to make 'Waltzing Matilda' the real national anthem, we will have to either buy back the copyright from an American company, or pay royalties on such occasions as our national anthem is played in the United States. | | | Matilda: An Australian folk anthem, written by poet Banjo Paterson, about a hobo (swagman) being arrested for stealing a sheep (jumbuk) and escaping by diving into a creek (billabong) where he drowns. | | | Waltzing Matilda: Lyrics submitted by Wayne T. Pickett as sent to Tom Waits Supplement April 26, 2002. |
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http://www.keeslau.com/TomWaitsSupplement/Lyrics/Smallchange/Tomtraubertsblues-ub.htm
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| | Australia - Learn English Magazine - British Council |
| | Whatever the official anthem is, for many Australians ‘Waltzing Matilda’ will continue to be their real national song. | | | It is more typical of a national anthem than a story of a man who takes a sheep and then jumps in a lake, but perhaps it is less typically Australian. | | | It’s a song that, for many, evokes the unique feel of the country, yet tells a very simple story. |
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http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/magazine/magazine_home_australia.html
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| | Songs/waltzing matilda |
| | In 1974 an opinion poll was conducted to decide a new anthem, the choices being "Waltzing Matilda", "Advance Australia Fair" (the eventual winner with 51% of the poll) and "Song of Australia". | | | Advance Australia Fair was re-adopted as the anthem in 1984. | | | It had, from time to time, been suggested that the song should become Australia's national anthem. |
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http://tafkac.org/songs/waltzing_matilda.html
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| | Matilda's Place |
| | Also, here is an audio file that I made of the story behind Waltzing Matilda. | | | Here is Waltzing Matilda and Advance Australia Fair, which is our real National Anthem. | | | I tried them for free 2 years ago and I fell in love with the server and I have been a subscriber ever since. |
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http://www.matildasplace.com/matilda.html
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| | And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda |
| | Note: If you're curious about the original song, Waltzing Matilda, the original lyrics can be found here. | | | For the correct lyrics, consult the lyric page. |
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http://www.pogues.com/Releases/Tabs/LPs/RumSodomy/WaltzingCrd.html
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| | The Story of Waltzing Matilda |
| | He added the words of Waltzing Matilda to the music. | | | Matilda :- A bag strapped to your back. | | | Did you know that the national anthem of Australia. |
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http://www.robbiegibson.co.uk/auswm.htm
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| | Song: Waltzing Matilda |
| | "Waltzing Matilda" is known the world over as Australia's national anthem, I fact which I find very touching. | | | By the way and in more of the same vein, what does "Waltzing Matilda have in common with the other two songs named in this anecdote besides being used as school songs by the crazy British? | | | The Swingle Singers on "Around The World (A Folk Song Collection)" |
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http://www.grainger.de/music/songs/waltzing.html
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| | (Matilda's Pub and Barbie - ) Matilda's Restaurant - Newark, DE - Home Page |
| | Although "Advance Australia Fair" is the national anthem of Australia, "Waltzing Matilda" is the unofficial anthem and known by more people worldwide. | | | A song sure to bring a tear to the eye of a homesick expatriate Aussie. | | | (Matilda's Pub and Barbie -) Matilda's Restaurant - Newark, DE - Home Page |
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http://www.matildasrestaurant.com/homepage
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| | Waltzing Matilda - Australia |
| | Waltzing Matilda is an Australian folk song, written by the poet A.B. (Banjo) Paterson in the 19th century. | | | Growing up, just about every Australian schoolchild learns one version or other of this song - it is more widely known than the Australian national anthem. | | | A well-loved and prolific poet, 'Waltzing Matilda' is arguably Paterson's most famous work - its only competition being 'The Man From Snowy River'. |
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http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art8299.asp
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| | Australia, June '94 - March '95 :: Waltzing Matilda |
| | The lyrics as printed above differ in some respects from the way the song is typically sung, however the essentials remain consistent. | | | A movement in Australia promotes changing the national anthem to Waltzing Matilda. | | | This doesn't quite seem the most appropriate of anthems to me. |
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http://www.synaptic.bc.ca/ejournal/waltzmat.htm
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| | Waltzing Matilda |
| | Miss McPherson was intrigued with the words and told the poet that some time previously she had heard a brass band playing a tune that she thought would suit them. | | | Next morning as he prepared to fasten on his bluey he muttered, 'Oh well, Bluey, you'll have to be Matilda to me now, and we'll waltz along together 'til the end.' Swaggie Joe's name for his bluey was soon adopted by other sundowners. | | | Matilda and Joe were entirely happy in their carefree life, wandering the old bush tracks winter and summer, Joe with his bluey on his back, Matilda with a smaller swag on hers. |
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http://mysongbook.de/msb/songs/w/waltzinm.html
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| | Waltzing Matilda |
| | Examples are "Tom Traubert' s Blues (Waltzing Matilda)" from Tom Waits or "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" from Eric Bogle. | | | Beside covering this song uncountable times, Musicians were also inspired by it to write completely new songs. | | | Down came a jumbuck to dri-ink at that billabong |
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http://bernard.esmartstudent.com/matilda.htm
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| | waltzing matilda |
| | The tune is Christina's recollection of the Craigielee March as arranged by brass bandmaster Thomas Bulch (ana Godfrey Parker) from the original Scottish tune Bonnie Wood of Craigielea. | | | The music for these lines here have been based on a restoration by David Johnson (printed in the Bush Music Club's Mulga Wire Singabout No. 69, October 1988 and from the original manuscript. | | | Reference: Waltzing Matilda -Song of Australia by Richard Magoffin, 1983, Mimosa Press, North Queensland. |
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http://www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au/waltzing.htm
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| | Australia: Waltzing Matilda |
| | What are the complete lyrics to the song, Waltzing Matilda? | | | Where can I go on the net to hear the melody as it is supposed to be sung, and in Australia, on what occasions is the song heard normally (as opposed to in a send-up)? | | | We love to dine out, and can recommend many places to try in Brisbane and the Coasts. |
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http://experts.about.com/q/Australia-214/Waltzing-Matilda-2.htm
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| | [minstrels] Waltzing Matilda -- A. B. "Banjo" Paterson |
| | This is Paterson's original version; I've included a link to the somewhat altered popular version There is little doubt that Waltzing Matilda belongs in any collection of immortal narrative verse. | | | It is quite likely that more Australians know the words to this song than the national anthem. | | | You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me!" 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?" -- A. |
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http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/1125.html
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| | Poems, Songs and Anthems - Australia - Goway Travel |
| | The swagman in the song calls his swag "Matilda" and he waltzes her through the country side. | | | For other words in the poem (song), please see Goway's Downunder Dictionary | | | "Waltzing Matilda" is the name of Goway's very special fully escorted tour to thefabulous lands Downunder. |
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http://www.goway.com/downunder/australia/au-poemswm.html
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| | The Band Played Waltzing Matilda |
| | But the band played Waltzing Matilda As they carried us down the gangway. | | | But the band plays Waltzing Matilda, And the old men still answer the call. | | | But the band played Waltzing Matilda, As we stopped to bury our slain. |
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http://mysongbook.de/msb/songs/r_clarke/banplayd.htm
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| | Waltzing Matilda |
| | Essential Terms: These words are found in the song, Waltzing Matilda | | | A man who wanders from place to place. |
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http://www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/Mike/capmusic/form/waltzing_matilda.htm
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| | Australia's Bard @ National Geographic Magazine |
| | Browse this extensive, logically constructed site for background on the history and origins of "Waltzing Matilda." It features copies of original manuscripts, audio files of the different versions of the song, a guide to Australian words, and much more. | | | This rabbit-warren of a site is jam-packed with interesting information about "Waltzing Matilda," including scans of original manuscripts, many different sections about the tune (or tunes) that usually accompany "Waltzing Matilda" and who has sung it, and a miscellany section of fast facts. | | | Tap your feet and sing along to the tune of "Waltzing Matilda." |
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http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0408/feature1
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| | Lyrics from The Pogue's Waltzing Matilda |
| | And the band played Waltzing Matilda as they carried us down the gangway | | | And the band plays Waltzing Matilda and the old men still answer the call | | | And the band played Waltzing Matilda as we sailed away from the cape |
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http://www.msu.edu/~carignan/lyrics.html
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| | Amazon.com: Waltzing Matilda: Music: Various Artists |
| | Waltzing Matilda: Songs from Australia, November 10, 2004 | | | Rudyard Kipling "Rudyard Kipling" (Australia) - See all my reviews | | | Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000IGT9?v=glance
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| | Anthems |
| | Although it has no offical status, and an offical national anthem does exist for Australia (Advance Australia Fair, adopted 1984), Waltzing Matilda is certainly the most beloved Australian national song, and internationally recognizable as well. | | | "Matilda" either is a proper name for the swagman's bedroll, or a general term, dating all the way back to the Thirty Years War, it is said, for camp followers or the bedrolls and blankets that perforce took their place. | | | The "troopers" are mounted policemen, and some versions of the song simply say "policemen." "Waltzing Matilda" means to travel around as the swagman does, with "waltz" borrowed from German immigrants, with perhaps a double entendre involved, as "waltz" can also be a dance. |
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http://www.friesian.com/history/anthems.htm
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| | Waltzing Matilda |
| | Inspired by the colorful slang of the Outback, Paterson wrote what became Down Under's best-known and best- loved song. | | | Swagmen, for those who don't speak "Australian," boil water in a "billy" and carry food in a "tucker-bag." Informally, "Matilda" is Australia's national song. | | | n a visit to Queensland in his native Australia in 1895, poet "Banjo" Paterson heard a rancher say the he had seen two men "waltzing Matilda down by the billabhong"-meaning that he had seen the men carrying their swags (bedrolls) by a water hole. |
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http://oldkunnel.net/matilda.html
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| | And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda |
| | Note: If you're curious about the song Waltzing Matilda, a great deal of information and lyrics can be found | | | And their ghosts may be heard as you pass the Billabong | | | Additional Note: I am saddened to report that Alec Campbell, the last known survivor of the ANZAC forces at Gallipoli (and the last known survivor of Gallipoli) died on Thursday, May 16, 2002 at the age of 103. |
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http://www.pogues.com/Releases/Lyrics/LPs/RumSodomy/Waltzing.html
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| | Waltzing Matilda |
| | This CD-ROM celebrates 100 years of Australia´s favourite song - Waltzing Matilda, written by Banjo Paterson. | | | Discover the history of Waltzing Matilda, from when it was first performed in 1895. | | | Discover the history of Waltzing Matilda, from when it was first performed in 1895."> |
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http://australiashop.dk/shop/productinfo-nocookie.asp?id=689
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| | Waltzing Matilda - our other National Anthem!! |
| | matilda is a swag that is usually rolled and carried on your back, (similar to a backpack) and to waltz your matilda means to hit the track...start walking!!! | | | These above hand written manuscript is an exerpt from the "Singer of the Bush" | | | Australia's most famous poet A. (Banjo) Paterson hand wrote a manuscript of the original Waltzing Matilda written 1895 on a trip to Winton, Queensland. |
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http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/3789/Matilda.html
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| | Research Results on Waltzing Matilda |
| | In this case, the discussion dealt with Australia's well-known national song, Waltzing Matilda. | | | Ian Taylor, of Randwick, says that back in the UK, his mother, Rosemary Taylor, of Croydon, Surrey, was watching the closing ceremony on TV with his three-year-old niece, Amy. | | | I must have gotten him into the story somehow.) I might have even thought that Wal was a fan of Harry Belafonte, whose song Matilda was a big hit at one time. |
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http://www.standingstones.com/wmatilda.html
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| | Waltzing Matilda - A translation for non-Australians |
| | matilda - the name given by one particular swagman to his swag. | | | Apparently the swaggie in question was a Dutchman who came to Australia after his wife, Matilda, had died. | | | glee - Matilda had been dead for quite some time |
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http://sound.westhost.com/matilda.htm
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| | Lyrics and Music |
| | Matilda: Although there are several schools of thought, Matilda as originally used means is of Teutonic origins and means Mighty Battle Maiden, referring to the women in camps during the Thirty Year Wars in Europe. | | | Later this more commonly referred to the great army coats or blankets that soldiers rolled into a swag and tossed over their shoulders while marching. |
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http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/matilda.htm
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| | Waltzing Matilda |
| | Waltzing Matilda offers you a chance to experience some of the many natural wonders of the Whitsundays including Whitehaven Beach and Cid Harbour. | | | Waltzing Matilda is a 16.4 metres (55ft) Roberts fibreglass Ketch. | | | Uptop she has a large deck area and combine this with an astonishing 8 ft of head room below deck makes her the perfect vessel for comfortable cruising around the Whitsunday Islands. |
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http://www.sailing-whitsunday.com/data/listings/l0021.php
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| | Waltzing Matilda |
| | And his GHOST (sing softly and slowly)may be heard as you pass | | | And his GHOST (sing softly and slowly) may be heard as you pass by that billabong | | | "Waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda, who'll come a waltzing matilda with me?" |
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http://www.ozbird.com/main.htm
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| | Waltzing Matilda |
| | The poet Dichter Andrew "Banjo" Paterson wrote "Waltzing Matilda" in 1895. | | | Here you can see his notes while writing Waltzing Matilda. | | | And his ghost may be heard as you pass by this billabong./ |
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http://australia.stumpe.org/matilda/matild_e.htm
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| | The Band Played Waltzing Matilda (Eric Bogle) |
| | Official and "hi-fi" recordings can (and should) be purchased at your local record dealer or through a number of web-based companies, like CDNow. | | | A "Matilda" was the name given to the pack of an Australian Bushman or Swagman. | | | To "Waltz Matilda" was to carry your pack around the bush. |
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http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/matilda.html
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| | Waltzing Matilda |
| | I look forward to hearing any one elses version of this. | | | Re: Waltzing Matilda Itinerant Brain Surgeon - Listed 04/19/00 (2) | | | Re: Waltzing Matilda Itinerant Brain Surgeon - Listed 04/20/00 (0) |
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http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/4/messages/941.html
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| | Waltzing Knitilda |
| | Ahora, es tiempo a anunciar el primero concurso de Waltzing Knitilda. | | | here it is. The first ever Waltzing Knitilda contest. | | | Send in a picture of your nomination for the worst, ugliest, scariest, goofiest handknit Xmas sweater ever. |
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http://nildamesa.typepad.com/waltzing_knitilda
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| | Waltzing Matilda Lyrics |
| | Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong, | | | You 'll come a' waltzing Matilda with me. | | | And he sang as he watch'd and waited till his billy boiled, |
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http://members.aol.com/altacrest4/WaltzingMatildaLyrics.htm
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| | Waltzing Matilda |
| | In honor of these long forgotten fellows, Eric Bogle wrote a song called "Waltzing Matilda", about a soldier who lost his legs in the battle. | | | It's the ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) troops landing in the Gallipoli bay in Turkey during the first World War. |
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http://www.guillermito2.net/archives/2004_06_06.html
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| | Australian Songs, Waltzing Matilda, Lyrics and Music |
| | And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong | | | If you hear Waltzing Matilda an Aussie is involved somewhere along the way. | | | Waltzing Matilda has almost become Australia's national identity. |
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http://www.imagesaustralia.com/waltzingmatilda.htm
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| | Admission Hours |
| | If you're planning to visit a number of Winton's attractions why not take advantage of the Shin Plaster? | | | The Waltzing Matilda Centre is in Elderslie Street, Winton (the main street) |
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http://www.matildacentre.com.au
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