THE SWAGMAN THE STOCKMAN

THE OLD BARK HUT Oh, my name is Bob the Swagman, before you all I stand, And I’ve had many ups and downs while travelling through the land.

So now, my friends, I’ve sung my song, and that as well as I could, And I hope the ladies present won’t think my language rude, And all ye younger people, in the days when you grow up, Remember Bob the Swagman, and

Remember Bob the Swagman, and the old bark hut.

THE SWAGMAN Kind friends, pray give attention To this, my little song.

Up and down this country I travel, don’t you see, I’m a swagman on the wallaby, Oh!

I’m a swagman on the wallaby, Oh!

I’m a swagman, &c.

I’m a swagman on the wallaby, Oh!

“A Swagman on the Wallaby.

Chorus Tramp, tramp, tramp across the borders, The swagmen are rolling up, I see.

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

And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled, "Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me?" Along came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong, Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee,

And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled, "Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me?" Up jumped the swagman, leapt into the billabong.

Some in real professional beggars' style called down blessings on me; others were morose and glum, while some were impudent and thankless, and said to supply them with food was just what I should do, for the swagmen kept the squattersas, had the squatters not monopolized the land, the swagmen would have had plenty.

Some in real professional beggars' style called down blessings on me; others were morose and glum, while some were impudent and thankless, and said to supply them with food was just what I should do, for the swagmen kept the squattersas, had the squatters not monopolized the land, the swagmen would have had plenty.

UPFIELD, ARTHUR W. Death of a swagman.

Death of a swagman.

UPFIELD, ARTHUR W. Death of a swagman.

Death of a swagman.

A man tramping in search of work is a "swagman" or "swagger," from the "swag" or roll of blankets he carries on his back.