Die heimliche Nationalhymne der Australier wurde 1895 von
Andrew Barton Paterson kreiert.
Die Aussies haben ein Herz für diejenigen, die der Herrschaft trotzen - auch wenn sie dabei den kürzeren ziehen.

Waltzing Matilda

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

Down come a jumbuck to drink at the billabong;
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee.
And he song as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker-bag,
You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me.

Up rode a squatter, mounted on his through bred;
Down come the troopers, one, two, three;
Whose' that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker-bag?
You'll came a waltzing Matilda with me!

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