[Verse 1: Slim Dusty]
Once jolly swagmen went humpin' their swags
And stuffed jolly jumbucks in their tuckerbags
These days jolly junkies go on bag snatchin' jags
And steal to buy the poison they need
The old swaggie just wanted a feed
[Chorus: Slim Dusty and Kasey Chambers]
And who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
Oh Banjo this country's not what it used to be
We've changed all your words and rewritten your score
Now it's waltzing Matilda no more
[Verse 2: Kasey Chambers]
Once Henry and Mary on a warm afternoon
Rode down a reedy river to the broad bright lagoon
The song of the river is a long vanished tune
Since they built the uranium mine
What's just left now is just toxic slime
[Chorus: Slim Dusty and Kasey Chambers]
And who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
Oh Henry this country's not what it used to be
Days pass with a whimper and not with the roar
And it's waltzing Matilda no more
Once jolly swagmen went humpin' their swags
And stuffed jolly jumbucks in their tuckerbags
These days jolly junkies go on bag snatchin' jags
And steal to buy the poison they need
The old swaggie just wanted a feed
[Chorus: Slim Dusty and Kasey Chambers]
And who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
Oh Banjo this country's not what it used to be
We've changed all your words and rewritten your score
Now it's waltzing Matilda no more
[Verse 2: Kasey Chambers]
Once Henry and Mary on a warm afternoon
Rode down a reedy river to the broad bright lagoon
The song of the river is a long vanished tune
Since they built the uranium mine
What's just left now is just toxic slime
[Chorus: Slim Dusty and Kasey Chambers]
And who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
Oh Henry this country's not what it used to be
Days pass with a whimper and not with the roar
And it's waltzing Matilda no more
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