Slim Dusty - Me and Matilda lyrics

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Me and Matilda, we led a good life

Done it together as husband and wife

Bush dances and parties and everyone saw

Me and Matilda, the belle of the ball

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda

The rustle of satin, the gold in her hair

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda

With the orchestra playing the old Irish air

For me and Matilda the party was oer

When the banker fore-closed and showed us the door

We shouldered our swags and the black billy can

Went waltzing away with the poor of the land

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda

The butcherbirds sang as we went down the track

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda

The campfire, billabong somewhere outback

Oh you should have seen us, Matilda and me

Dining on damper and black billy tea

And the squatters, God bless em, they treated us grand

Fed us on mutton, the fat of the land

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda

Mutton and damper and black billy tea

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda

What more do we want, my Matilda and me

Me and Matilda, we parted one day

I laid her to rest and went on my way

But never alone, but there by my side

She was waltzing along, the ghost of my bride

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda

Well go on waltzing, Matilda and me

Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda

Wholl come a-waltzing Matilda with me

[From his album: Country way of Life

Transcribed: Marten Busstra 2011]