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Meanings...
| SWAG |
Bushmans
bed roll |
| SWAGMAN |
Vagrant
who carries a swag |
WALTZ
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Old
German word meaning to walk
from town to town |
| MATILDA |
Old
German word for a soldiers blanket |
| BILLABONG |
Channel
of a river that fills at flood time |
| BILLY |
Tin
for making tea on a fire |
| JUMBUCK |
Sheep |
| TUCKER
BAG |
Bag
used by travellers to carry food |
SQUATTER
|
Person
occupying crown land for sheep or
cattle, under a licence |
| TROOPER |
Mounted
policeman |
| THOROUGHBRED |
Horse |
Waltzing
Matilda
Once
a jolly swagman camped by a billabong,
under the shade of a coolabah tree. And he
sang as he watched and waited till his billy
boiled. You値l come a Waltzing Matilda with
me.
CHORUS
(Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda.
You値l come a Waltzing Matilda with me,
And he sang as he sat and waited till his
billy boiled,
You値l come a Waltzing Matilda with me.)
Down
came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong,
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with
glee,
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his
tucker bag,
You値l come a Waltzing matilda with
me."
REPEAT
CHORUS
Up
rode a squatter mounted on his thoroughbred,
Down came the troopers-one-two-three,
Where痴 that jolly jumbuck you致e got in
your tucker bag,
You値l come a Waltzing Matilda with
me."
REPEAT
CHORUS
Up
jumped the swagman and sprang into the
billabong, "You値l never catch me
alive," said he. And his ghost may be
heard as you pass by that billabong, You値l
come a Waltzing Matilda with me."
Cattle
terms
Beast
General term for cattle
Coaches Quiet
cattle ofter used to lead wilder ones
Milkers
Cow used for suppling milk for the
household
Steer
Castrated male
Cow
Female who has had a calf
Bull
Male able to breed
Bullock
Large casterated male
Heifer
Female who has never had a calf
Calf
Baby
Weaner
Baby no longer suckeling from the mother
Poley
Beast with no horns
Baldy
face White markings over face and eyes
Branding
Way of farmer identifying his cattle from
others,
it is law in Australia to brand our
cattle. The
brand is a metal shape/symbol heated and
pressed against skin of beast to leave a
permanent mark.
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