FESTIVITY IN AUSTRALIA

 Hymn of Australia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqtkckl6s5Y

Lyrics 

Australians all let us rejoice,

For we are young and free;

We've golden soil and wealth for toil,

Our home is girt by sea;

Our land abounds in Nature's gifts

Of beauty rich and rare;

In history's page, let every stage

Advance Australia fair!

In joyful strains then let us sing,

"Advance Australia fair!" 

When gallant Cook from Albion sail'd,

To trace wide oceans o'er,

True British courage bore him on,

Till he landed on our shore.

Then here he raised Old England's flag,

The standard of the brave;

With all her faults we love her still,

"Brittannia rules the wave!"

In joyful strains then let us sing

"Advance Australia fair!" 

Beneath our radiant southern Cross,

We'll toil with hearts and hands;

To make this Commonwealth of ours

Renowned of all the lands;

For those who've come across the seas

We've boundless plains to share;

With courage let us all combine

To advance Australia fair.

In joyful strains then let us sing

"Advance Australia fair!" 

While other nations of the globe

Behold us from afar,

We'll rise to high renown and shine

Like our glorious southern star;

From England, Scotia, Erin's Isle,

Who come our lot to share,

Let all combine with heart and hand

To advance Australia fair!

In joyful strains then let us sing

"Advance Australia fair!" 

Should foreign foe e'er sight our coast,

Or dare a foot to land,

We'll rouse to arms like sires of yore

To guard our native strand;

Brittannia then shall surely know,

Beyond wide ocean's roll,

Her sons in fair Australia's land

Still keep a British soul.

In joyful strains then let us sing

"Advance Australia fair!"

Waldtzing Matilda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV7X74yovfI

Lyrics

Oh there once was a swagman camped in a billabong

Under the shade of a coolibah tree

And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled

You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me

Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong

Up got the swaggie and grabbed him with glee

And he sang as he stowed that jumbuck in his tucker-bag

You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda

You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me

And he sang as he stowed that jumbuck in his tucker-bag

You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me

Down came the squatter mounted on his thoroughbred

Up came the troopers one two three

Who’s the jolly jumbuck you’ve got in your tucker-bag?

You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda

You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me

Who’s the jolly jumbuck you’ve got in your tucker-bag?

You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me

Up got the swaggie and jumped into the billabong

You’ll never catch me alive said he

And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong

You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda

You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me

And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong

You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda

You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me

And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong

You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda

You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me

And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled

You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me.

THE STORY OF THE SONG 

Waltzing Matilda es la canción folclórica más conocida de Australia (especialmente en el ámbito internacional) y ha sido propuesta como himno nacional. Para los australianos es su canción más arraigada y a la que tienen más cariño, existiendo un museo dedicado a ella en Winton, Queensland. 

Fue compuesta en 1895 por Andrew Barton Paterson un poeta nacionalista australiano, también conocido como «Banjo» Paterson. Su versión original fue modificada y es esa segunda versión que se hizo familiar. Waltzing Matilda cuenta la historia de un vagabundo que acampa una noche al lado de una laguna (billabong), mientras toma un té. Una oveja (jumbuck en inglés australiano) se acerca a beber agua y el vagabundo la roba para alimentarse. El terrateniente se da cuenta y llama a tres policías para que arresten al vagabundo. Éste, antes de ser arrestado por el robo de la oveja, prefiere saltar al agua y morir ahogado.

 La canción termina contando que el fantasma del vagabundo puede oírse cantando una canción que invita a los viajeros a bailar el vals con él, es decir, a salir a los caminos con el vagabundo.