Slim Dusty - Waltzing Matilda

[@amberjoy533]

Love it! Teaching my 3rd grader all about Australia right now. A continent I've always wanted to visit!

[@amberjoy533]

Is it a bad thing? I thought it meant traveling by foot with one's belongings...

[@tophercIaus]

​@@amberjoy533Matilda is slang for carrying your swag (a 1 man tent) and/or a bag of your belongings. It's just a reference to people who travelled the outback working odd jobs and sometimes trying to take animals in their travels that they shouldn't.

[@rickraber1249]

That's a song from my childhood. As a Canadian kid in the 50's, the teacher taught us that song in 2nd or 3rd grade. She also explained what all the lyrics meant. Then in 1986, my newly-wed husband and I met an Aussie couple and the lady's mum in a Washingtons state campground. They were making tea in a billy over their camp fire - like the one hanging over the fire in this song. When the water boiled and the gal added the loose tea leaves, she picked up the billy by its handle and swung it back and forth a couple times to get up to speed, then swung it round in several complete circles. That settles the tea leaves, you see. It's one of my favorite memories.

[@HappyCat-142]

I love this story!

[@R0d_1984]

Strange you were taught this song (Based on Banjo Paterson's poem) in a Canadian school; Cheers from an Aussie. You might find '' BATTLE KAPYONG - 27th Commonwealth Brigade Face Chinese 118th Division 10,600 Men.'' interesting kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2G1gKyuecd6d5o There is a doco more from the Canadians perspective somewhere on youtube.

[@rickraber1249]

@@R0d_1984 Thanks!

[@lj3605]

@@R0d_1984 We were taught it too in my English primary school

[@R0d_1984]

@@lj3605 Wow nice; Have a fantastic day mate.

[@shumyinghon]

In WW2, the Australian soldiers under Lt.Col. Charles Anderson charged the Japanese roadblocks singing 'Waltzing Matilda' during the breakout at Bakri, Malaya in 1942.

[@laylaeriksen4593]

Thank you for sharing about this historic event!

[@joshdinga14]

I’m Australian and didn’t know this, thanks lol

[@laylaeriksen4593]

I had a friend who was a survivor of a Japanese war camp in Manila. She was an Australian fan (and snake) dancer who, while being ushered to the safe side of town remembered the Christmas cake that her mother had sent her and went all the way back to retrieve it. She did. At every roadblock they’d ask her what country she was from, and she didn’t lie. Her Australian accent made them all think she was saying Austrian and they let her through. Except that LAST checkpoint: the soldier there had experience with Aussies and arrested her. She was in for two years. (Pretty expensive Christmas cake don’t you think?)

[@joshdinga14]

@@laylaeriksen4593 that’s shit as. Grandpas brother (mums side) fought on the Kokoda trail but was killed when he when back to fight around 55

[@joannariemvis3984]

And here is the start of a bond with the Dutch( as I am a Dutchy). As the Aussies helped in Europe as wel as in Indonesia, colonial aerea of Holland in those days. So I heard of this song in my childhood too. Football and cangeroes were not the origin

[@PontifexByzantinus]

My great grandfather was a WWI Australian Digger who fought at Gallipoli. Proud of my Aussie heritage!

[@N0lukc]

Thanks for his service. If it weren't for Australian soldiers in the Far East and parts of the Pacific, we might have lost wwii, thank you to any aussie vet reading this.

[@SH-lm6ek]

Gallipoli was brutal, my Great Uncle was in the Scottish Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, they fought at Gallipoli along side the Aussies. Sadly my Great Uncle died from his wounds at the Battle of Ypres, he was conscripted at age 24 and never made it home

[@nathanzessin4450]

I love you 🥰

[@IRISHTRANSPARENCY]

Different song

[@davidazzopardi360]

@@N0lukc The first time I was in a meeting I had a very bad headache and my throat hurts so much I was so upset and

[@Daniel-cm4xb]

YOU’RE GONE BUT WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. RIP SLIM DUSTY TRUE AUSSIE

[@drhkleinert3245]

Now he is on the waltz for ever...But his Ghost may be heard as you passed by a billabong...

[@stainlesssteelruler143]

Lets we forget.

[@tamika-taradimoulas6272]

so sad

[@SomeOrdinaryJanitor]

@Mark Thompson You're Aren't

[@baileygreen2324]

He was true blue

[@ahphodg260]

I'm half Mexican half Australian m, my dad showed me this song when I was a kid. I remember him by listening to it. Miss u dad.

[@lovelylavenderr]

Hell of a combo and two of the coolest countries on the planet. Cheers to you mate.

[@michaelabercrombie7698]

The girl that did the Old El Paso commercial is Australian ,but Mexican at the same time.

[@philipnorris6542]

Good for you, my friend.

[@jaimemendozasalas2654]

Yo soy Mexicano deseando ir a Australia con mi hija que viene en camino..!!

[@JenniferCovarrubias-di7po]

Wow never seen that mix before

[@Liquidfryed]

This was my Grandad's favourite song And when it was his birthday coming up I went and learnt this whole song and how to play it on guitar. So me and my mum drove up to his house and we said happy birthday and asked him to sit on the couch And I proceed to play this song He cried with tears of joy and I'll never forget that Usually it's the granddad trying to make the kids smile and have a good time But he was very old and I loved hanging out with him and hearing his stories and eating some kangaroo Sausages together Every year at the 7th of June I play this song again to remember him and wish him a happy birthday even if he isn't around anymore I miss you GrandDad I hope you and Max and Nanna are happy wherever you are Really wish I could've met Nanna

[@louiskeys7912]

Beautiful

[@JonathanToolonie]

That is by far the most Aussie thing I've ever read. Good on ya mate.

[@ars0n765]

your such a legend, i’m crying rn

[@rattlesnake5872]

Your grandpa sounds like a legend. My grandpa is important to me too.. but my dad is youngest of 5 siblings so I won’t get to know him that much sadly,…. Love ya grandpa

[@eggman903]

Same is mine but sadly I only have one and that’s my dads dad and my mums dad passed away before I was born so I never got to see one of my grandads sadly I only got to see him on the wall and my mum let me have a photo of him in my bedroom

[@williamstyers4264]

Everyone is a little bit Australian when you listen to this. Bless all the people of Australia our friends and comrades in war and peace. No better could be found on earth!!

[@dannypembroke2372]

Loving me some Aussies. I aim to be one, one day hopefully.

[@mphysic01]

From the USA here. I know it has nothing to do with us American's at all, I just wanted to give a shout, salute, and respect to all you Aussies. This is a song that touches your heart no matter where you're from. I love singing this and I know all the words. Take care all you from down under.

[@NorthWestOutlaws]

It's one of the greatest timeless songs.

[@marctitus5874]

It's actually the official song of the US Marins 1st Division. Around the time of the US marines victories at Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester the only respite the marines were given was in Sydney. The combination of that relief and the heroes welcome these men were given as the saviors of Australia, cemented Australia in the minds of those involved in the pacific campaign. The countries even experienced a sort of population swap with many people marrying and immigrating to each others respective countries.

[@BP-ss4dq]

Don't worry mate, we've got ole Dusty to keep us company

[@thenumeratorofficial]

Except for Dozenalism, my sworn archenemy.

[@gregfern5891]

Hi Mike Just came across your post from a year ago. It has everything to do with Americans, without you in the Pacific Aussies would be speaking Japanese now, thankyou to your great country & the courageous people who helped us in our time of need (the pommies didn't)

[@karlozols816]

THE AUSTRALIAN ANTHEM!! Sung by an Australian Legend!!

[@lauriej.5706]

That smile at the end of the song is so beautiful. He shows so much joy in his performance. Thanks, Slim.

[@frankcarter1595]

Hello Laurie. How are you doing today?

[@philipswilson]

Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face!.....

[@vickersonp]

I’m 79 yrs old and have lived in Oz since I was 4. My parents were Hungarian and were refugees from WW2 and arrived here in 1949. As a kid I just wanted to be like all the other kids and become fully Aussie as quickly as possible. I’m about as Aussie as you can get ….i was bitten by a snake when I was 10: and can play a didgeridoo. I love Australia and reckon it’s the best country in the world and of course I love Waltzing Matilda. For those who don’t know a swagman is a homeless person who carries his bedroll (swag) over his shoulder. Matilda is the nickname for his bedroll (swag) and carrying it all day is “waltzing” his Matilda.

[@vickersonp]

Soon after my parents arrived my dad had to go work somewhere and my mum had to go into hospital for two weeks. I was left with an Australian family for two weeks. When my parents came to pick me up they greeted me in Serbian. I replied, don’t talk to me in that dago talk! 😀 I have never spoken Serbian or Hungarian since!

[@jennifergreen7158]

Thank you!!! I love this song! I'm learning it on the guitar. It's pretty easy and two of my grandkids are coming Tomorrow whose grandparents are from australia cell?I will have the scoop for them!😊

[@sa-jh8is]

@@vickersonp Aren't dagos Italians?

[@vickersonp]

@@sa-jh8is Back in 1949 it applied to all Europeans. Basically if you didn’t speak English you were a dago, 😀

[@silvijalimani3674]

​@@vickersonpso you were a bilingual child? Do you understand any of the two languages?

[@GreenLifeInnovators]

There are some songs in the world that are not just songs, but anthems, This is one of them.

[@zoesJUICEBOX]

You are a legend Slim. The song is literally an anthem.

[@chevrolet-poitiers9507]

Slim Dusty didn’t make this song.

[@realjamesmorris]

Check this out Australia's best song yet! kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnnXZKWnmrFkiZI

[@doubleugly1594]

@@chevrolet-poitiers9507 true, it was written like 100 years earlier in scotland under a different name lol

[@Powlay2020]

its the new Aussie anthem

[@Powlay2020]

LOL

[@aaronpotts5042]

When I was boy in Queensland, I was taught this when I was a 5 or 6 year old. I asked my Dad what it mean't? He said it is 'about a homeless man who refuses to bow to authority'. I got it immediately. It is very Australian.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

We'll he was a thief but yeah. The good thing is in Queensland the police are actually half decent these days and prefer a chat and a laugh for something small.

[@davidparris7167]

@@goodshipkaraboudjan Thank heaven for small mercies.

[@impulse187]

Dude same I went to camp hill state school gold coast when i learnt this song

[@pedropski6418]

@@goodshipkaraboudjan Gtfoh 🤣

[@mikemichaels9590]

@@goodshipkaraboudjan Yes but wasn't pinching the odd jumbuck considered a duty back then? Sort of like fiddling your taxes in more recent times.

[@CyberRex3282]

Gone but not forgotten Slim Dusty will have a place in our hearts forever

[@OldMateLiam1]

I’m Scottish with no relations in Australia but for some reason i’ve always felt drawn to the country. This song makes me feel patriotic for a country that isn’t even my own. What a tune it is!

[@ArtiStik_ASQr385Ykx3z]

👍👍

[@jacobmcnamara7234]

Lots of Australians have Scottish heritage you’ll find Scotland and australia have many similarities socially

[@Ratdaddy752]

Americans feel the same way!!! The aussies must be protected!!!!!

[@OldMateLiam1]

@GOAT PENETRATOR I’m from the far north of Scotland and the Snowies definitely do bare some resemblance

[@brucecollins4729]

@@Ratdaddy752 the melody of this sang may have it,s origins in scotland.....thou bonnie woods of craigilee.

[@eugeneschmidt7941]

I had three uncles fought in the Pacific in the Marine Corp in WWII with the 1st Marine Division. Two were on Guadalcanal. When the Marines were finally taken off the island they were sick, starved and shell shocked from the on going bloody fight for the island. They were taken to Australia and billeted in a stadium from which they escaped into town. The Australians healed them, cared for them and gave them life and hope. My uncles always had a warm spot in their hearts for Australia. I believe that is why when the 1st Marine Division ships out to this day they sing their Division's song "Waltzing Matilda."

[@josephahner3031]

@Jamie Nelson the US has won every war it fought up until Vietnam and then we lost every one since save Gulf War round 1.

[@josephahner3031]

@Jamie Nelson meanwhile Australia lost to a flock of emus

[@jorgejustin461]

@@josephahner3031 That's a meme. America sucks dick at war.

[@Clydesirota]

Yes we play it when we deploy. And we remember our Aussie brothers who fought with us in Vietnam.

[@xanpenguin754]

@@josephahner3031 in Australia's defense we have had quite the military history. First there is Galipoli a British fuck up where ANZACs where slaughtered. Then there was the western front. Where Diggers came about. After that there was WWII. Where Australian soldiers were once again Britians foward force expected to be smashed in North Africa but instead gave the Italians a number if losses. Then the a mostly Asutrlaian garrison held Torbruk against the Germans. After this the US entered the war and this bombing of Pearl Harbor happened. Also a massive Pacific campaign by the IJA was started where a number of islands were occupied by the seemingly unstoppable IJA. Until Kokoda Track and Papa New Guinea. Where a grip of prodomantly drafted reserves with little training held off the IJN. This was followed by the battle of the Coral sea. After this the US Marines realized they should learn how to fight in jungles, so they turn to the Australians. For the remainder of the war Aus played a auxiliary both theaters. Going into Vietnam, Australia had similar problems to the US, an incredibly unpopular war, army with questionable morale, ect. But then there was the Battle of Long Fan where 108 members of 6RAR held out against an estimated 1500-2500 Viet Cong and NVA soldiers for roughly a day in the bush. Since the Vietnam war Australia has seen action in the Gulf war, East Timor, and Iraq/Afghanistan. But even with all these victories they lose to a flock of fucking emus. We all have our weakness I suppose.

[@garymilsten9793]

I remember the closing ceremony on the 2000 Sidney Olympics when Slim took the stage and sang this song and 180,000+ audience, athletes and performers sang along. It brought tears to my eyes!

[@homerocketscience1874]

Hate to be that guy but it’s Sydney not sidney

[@vincebaseley13]

Never knew that Slim sang this in public. Real Aussie song. Kept me going when I was trapped in Mao's China in 1973. RIP Slim.

[@Jonesyb90]

@@homerocketscience1874 I was about to say the same, such a lovely comment as well but had to say something.

[@Cudareli]

Would be cancelled these days

[@dinodog3912]

You're actually cooked if you think that it would get cancelled lol ​@@Cudareli

[@settyzl771]

What a gentle smile at the end of this wonderful song RIP Slim Dusty

[@NebukedNezzer]

when I was in melbourne in 66 this was the most popular song in Australia. slim dusty was the voice of the people.

[@margaretadler6162]

I'm a yank and have never been to Australia but for some strange reason this song has always warmed my heart! Ive met alot of Aussies in my life and I've always felt a kinship with them. They have a spirit and humor not unlike most Americans. Great people!

[@Wolf62601]

You should come to Australia once the quarantine’s over. It’s a really great place and the people are mostly nice (unless you’re in Sydney).

[@matthearnden9211]

Come to Australia make it Christmas time and enjoy the heat x

[@matthearnden9211]

You should watch john Williamson sing it live and everyone sings along

[@roygraham1388]

Hello Margaret, how're you doing, I hope you are doing fine. I'm Roy from Houston, Texas. Where are you from? You seems like a real Country girl😊🌹

[@eggman903]

Mate visit Australia it a great place to be I’ve in Australia my hole life

[@matildaelizebeth9433]

My name is Matilda and my dad is from Australia and this song comforts me so much

[@TravisLoneWolfWalsh]

Will you come waltzing Matilda with me?

[@cleeef67]

the "matilda" in this song is a bag that the swagman had with him, sorry for ruining the song for you, I have a habit of doing that

[@cheesebottle2844]

Haha

[@jadseif8102]

My name is Waltzing, but I’m not from Australia

[@Nightingale-i4w]

My second name is Matilda and this song makes me nostalgic bc I think my dad sang this to me when I was little, I'm not sure :)

[@richardblackwell773]

My mom is Australian, she passed today. We sang this song together for years! Love you Mom

[@genghiskhan7041]

Consolations.

[@rlr4190]

L+ratio

[@revolve9073]

@@rlr4190 Counter ratio weirdo

[@hadiidnabemadaharsa6184]

OMG I'm also australian

[@davidtuffnell2310]

So sorry for your loss my thoughts are with you lost my mum 1 year ago

[@joyciejd9673]

My Uncle Teddy was a sailor during WWII and he served aboard the USS Block Island, which was torpedoed. (He survived.) Although I do not know all of his service, I do know that, at one point in time, he served alongside Aussies. To my delight, as a kid, he would sing “Waltzing Matilda”, for us....a song he learned from the Aussie Comrades he was so fond of. Such a great tune and the words were so “mysterious” to this young girl in New York. I just love hearing this song and this rendition is my favorite version because it brings back memories of campfires and barbeques, corn roasts and being with my Uncle Teddy, my Grandparents, parents, cousins....all of us together....enjoying the Blessings he and my Dad, (WWII Army) fought for....(PS....love Judith Durham’s version too)

[@roygraham1388]

Hello Joyce, how're you doing, I hope you are doing fine. I'm Roy from Houston, Texas. Where are you from? You seems like a real Country girl😊🌹

[@alexharrington6459]

I'm not Australian, but I love this old song. I remember learning it in music at school in England and I'm nearly 60 now. Great song, great people, great country. Long live the lucky country.

[@norwegiannationalist7678]

@M Soccer is only played in USA Football is played worldwide (Yes i know theyre the same thing only football is the proper name.

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

My Mum intentionally taught me "God Save Our Queen" instead of my native anthem. (She'd immigrated to Australia 40 years ago back then). My school were stunned to see an Aussie student that didn't know their own countries anthem! Lol Not as stunned as I was when I learned Australia had a different anthem obviously😂

[@aheat3036]

@@norwegiannationalist7678 Soccer is played in Australia, New Zealand, Canada & USA although not as popular as other spots but soccer is very popular in Ireland, Japan & many other countries.

[@norwegiannationalist7678]

@@aheat3036 You do realise Soccer and Football is the same thing? Its only that USA calls it Soccer while the rest of the world calls it Football.

[@aheat3036]

@@norwegiannationalist7678 Wrong aszhole!… The USA can easily destroy your shitehole country if it really wanted to but all the countries I mentioned above (who have their own version of football) and more call the sport soccer which is the original name anyway!… Italy, for example, calls the sport calcio!… Only stupid one sport countries with stupid people call it “football”!

[@ThePyramidone]

A little known fact: This tune was adopted as the USMC's 1st Marine Division March. After It's campaign in the Solomon Islands in 1942, the division, was redeployed to Australia for a well deserved rest and refit. Australia welcomed them with open arms and at the time were seen as the saviors of the nation. The division adopted this folk song as a tribute.

[@fastsetinthewest]

I was drafted '67 into the USA Army, ended up trained as an OH6A crew chief, and in the Republic of South Vietnam by '68. We were down in Indian country in our OH6A, the pilot and myself. We could use the radio. Our own could not come get us. I was scared as hell. The Australians in an UH1D Bell Helicopter showed up. I was so thankful for those guys. I thank all Australians from the bottom of my heart. Godspeed. Today, I have 1 daughter and 3 grandchildren. Her husband is a Major in the Army. I was in a lot of places like Montreal/Ottawa '67, Vietnam '68, Australia in '69, and back to the USA by age 21. Eaglegards...

[@aquariumdude7829]

@@fastsetinthewest Thank you for your service, sir! :)

[@edwardgoering1237]

Semper Fi

[@fastsetinthewest]

@@edwardgoering1237 Funny. My cousin, Margaret Brewer, was the first Marine Corps general. I waited, got drafted into the Army, and sent to Nam '68.

[@edwardgoering1237]

@@fastsetinthewest i was a 12 yr old kid in 68 my parents broke up from al the stress I worked a few yrs from age 16 then got my GED went into the USMC 78-84 F-$ Hyd Mech 81 cruise on uss FORRESTaL we shadowed the Nimitz US 2 Libya 0

[@FortyJester]

I found this song on a whim around 1½ years ago and I instantly fell in love with it and I wanted to show my Dad this video so I could find some middle ground in our relationship. For context: Me and my Dad never really had too close of a relationship due to our opposite viewpoints and whatnot. For example: I grew up in the city, he grew up in the country. I grew up in the 2000s, he grew up in the 1970s. Along a list of other personal things I'd rather not share all willy-nilly online. So I think "Hey! Why dont I show him some sort of Country-folk song from before the 2000s." I will never forget the happiness that filled his face when I pressed play, and to be honest, I was surprised that he even knew Waltzing Matilda too! Apparently my Grandpa used to play it on his old acoustic guitar. It really helped up bond, we went from basically never getting along to enjoying our company more and more. Make sure to tell your loved ones how much they mean to ya.

[@Reddest1000]

R.I.P Slim Dusty My Favourite Australian Singer 🇦🇺

[@shariburton6874]

My grandfather was Australian but died before I was born. Every time I hear this song, I feel his spirit near me.

[@dennis141288]

oh shut up, you do not.

[@jondunmore4268]

Well, that's pretty scary.

[@FolkNewb]

Yo grandad just didnt wanna see yo unatracive ass get born LOL

[@Jonesyb90]

My grandad used to sing this to me, he’s been gone over 20 years but it always brings a massive smile to my face when I hear it. Never met my other grandfather either, I don’t know about you but I’ve painted a wonderful picture of him through the stories I’ve been told.

[@robertocervieri6556]

I lived in Australia during 2007 to 2010. It was impossible to no falling in love with that country and not feeling it like yours. Waltzing Matilda bring tears to my eyes. Excellent version. Congrats, mate!

[@andy98114]

Aussie legend!!!

[@DP-zd8fr]

Shout-out to the Aussies from Malaysia. Stay safe and God bless.

[@robertmcstravock9149]

I had never heard of slim dusty to I went to Oz to live I play his songs all the time you are a legend slim and godbless all our Australian cousins from bonnie Scotland

[@petertraylen220]

Why is this iconic song not our national anthem? Never forget you Slim.

[@williampaz2092]

Unofficially, it is…

[@user-oi4om3tx2o]

Will never forget learning and singing this and 'Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree' in as a child in the UK - such catchy tunes hahaha

[@paullyon4159]

When you're down and out, this song breathes the life right back into you

[@The50Fordman]

This is my favorite version of one of my favorite songs. Loved port visits in Australia.

[@davenesbitt9387]

The50Fordman Australia was my favorite liberty port bar none.

[@The50Fordman]

@@davenesbitt9387 We spent time in Fremantle, Darwin and Brisbane. Darwin was my favorite. We were walking distance to the Blue Heeler bar. Great people and good times.

[@sircoloniser5454]

This is a great song and it truly represents Australia, god bless Australia from the mother country 🇬🇧

[@anneanonymous4202]

Are you calling us suicidal sheep thieves? lol

[@vesperiamorningstar3785]

Anne jeez mate XX

[@BP-ss4dq]

God save The Queen

[@lorrainetal7339]

Thank you god bless you and this song

[@alamoforce]

My grandpa sang me this song when I was a kid. He had been a sailor in US Merchant Marine in WWII and learned the song from some Aussie Diggers he had befriended in the Southwest Pacific in 1945. He grew up in Arizona and said the Aussies reminded him of people back home, so he got on with them quite well in Borneo.

[@lauriej.5706]

Slim Dusty's earlier recording of this song when he was a young man is excellent. But this recording he made as an old man is even better! He makes up for having a less strong and resonant young voice by putting more passion and expression into each line. What a terrific singer. Thank you, Slim Dusty.

[@roygraham1388]

Hello Laurie , how're you doing, I hope you are doing fine. I'm Roy from Houston, Texas. Where are you from? You seems like a real Country girl😊🌹

[@lauriej.5706]

@@roygraham1388 Hello. Actually, I am born and raised in southern California (where we raise the fruits and the nuts). I am an old lady (born towards the end of WWII) living in a small desert town about 60 miles from Los Angeles. I am not in good health and have had a very hard time all around since I retired (was a school teacher). I live in a rooming house in a good neighborhood. My room has it's own patio and a beautiful view of our swimming pool and citrus trees from my glass patio door.

[@lauriej.5706]

@@roygraham1388 Maybe I should mention that I have been to Texas, a few years ago, to visit the Alamo in San Antonio. It was one of the best trips I have ever taken, and I've been all over the world. But I've never been to Houston or any other towns in Texas.

[@roygraham1388]

@@lauriej.5706 I'm a Polish American, Mum from Lublin Poland while my dad an American. I was born here in the States but was raised in Poland by my Aunt who is married to an East Indian and I do speak English Fluently though I have an accent not so sure if you really like it but most people do. So don't know if you mind accent??

[@roygraham1388]

@@lauriej.5706 You seems jovial and fun to talk with. We could be friends. Do you mind if we talk somewhere a bit more private Just say Hello to me and I will reply back to you with more about myself. Here's my Gmail address: [e-mail] don't fail to leave me a message soon as possible. Stay safe and have a blessed day 🌹

[@GiladGur]

It came as a huge surprise to me that the Waltzing Matilda is not the Australian national anthem.

[@paul-sparky-sparr4160]

In some way it is, Mate. Not officially but in the hearts of milllions of AUSSIES... 👍😁🇦🇺

[@cjsb22lr]

it bloody well should be

[@ashtondownes3318]

bloody should be mate!

[@sean4551]

holy shit it really should be

[@alansharp307]

It’s believed to be based on an event that happened at Dagworth station during the shearer’s strike, where they burnt down the woodshed, the homesteader and three police officers chased after a man named Frenchy and found him at a water hole rather than be taken he shot himself (you’ll never take me alive said he), and this is the event that started the political party known as the Australian Labour Party

[@wcody777]

As a kid, I always loved Waltzing Matilda. The tune and the story are evocative and haunting. And yet the tempo is a bit jaunty. As an adult, I enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1966 and served as an infantryman in Viet Nam. I was assigned to the First Marine Division (headquartered at Camp Pendleton, CA.). The 1st Mar. Div. was formed on 1 February, 1941 and saw its first actions on Guadalcanal and Tulagi. Our insignia includes the constellation Southern Cross and our March (official song) is Waltzing Matilda. Proud to be one of "The Old Breed".

[@benguthrie3286]

Thank you for your service brother I just got to 1-1 and I'm currently typing this on my duty rest period I hear we'll get to go to Australia sometime next year

[@stevenstone5083]

❤

[@utar45]

I'm a turkish guy and I've got no relations with Australia at all. But I believe that music is international and you can share the same feelings no matter which country or which culture you belong to. It's a gift of humanity and this song also proves how beautiful music can be. Much love from Turkey🇹🇷🇭🇲

[@Spudpotato08]

cheers mate 🇦🇺🍻🇹🇷

[@paulsparrsparky7037]

Now that's the power of music! In 1915, the Turkish and the Aussies we're fighting against each other and NOW... They're sitting around a (virtual) campfire, sing along together and become friends. Thanks for that 🙏🏼 Greetings from northern Germany, mates 👋🏼 👍🏼🇦🇺🍻🇹🇷🍻🇩🇪👍🏼

[@Spudpotato08]

@@paulsparrsparky7037 👋

[@Spudpotato08]

@@paulsparrsparky7037 I actually DID have a very far back family member who fought the turks, but i’m glad we can all unify together today as people

[@newuk26]

Best version of an Aussie classic sung by an old Aussie Gent. Enjoying from the UK in the Lockdown

[@immortaltyrant2474]

Same. 🇬🇧❤️🇦🇺

[@judigonzales1108]

This song was background music for the movie On The Beach. I was a kid when I first saw the movie.

[@qwatsdat]

This is the song of the First Marine Division. The Aussies took us in when we went to war in the Pacific. God bless Australia.

[@BOB-3998]

Brothers in Arms❤

[@mikeyates7931]

​@@BOB-3998We few - We happy few ; We band of Brothers : for whoever fights with me and sheds his blood with me shall be my brother ❤

[@tomb2289]

Didn't know that! Respect to our distant brothers 🇬🇧🇺🇲🇦🇺❤

[@derekhughes9274]

Allies forever.

[@aleks5821]

USA and Australian alliance is goated, I’m in the 1st mardiv band and this is my favorite song we play 🇺🇸🇦🇺❤️

[@BrickPa]

The first time I ever heard Slim was on Armed Forces Korea Radio during a 1996 training stint in ROK. I've been collecting and enjoying his music ever since.

[@Susan2361]

My dad was in the army. He was at Normandy and went ashore with the thousands of others. He only spoke about it once to my mom. He said that day he saw things no man should ever have to see. He never talked about it again.

[@aeslec-525]

Why are the best classical tunes songs about messed up things?

[@georgebuller1914]

I'm English and have always had - and will have until the day I die - the greatest respect for Australia and New Zealand. In two World Wars - and in other conflicts as well - both of these TRUE friends have stood by our side.

[@ajaxengineco]

I'm half from England, half from New Zealand, and a couple of grandparents currently live in Australia. I can do about 5 authentic regional dialects per country in one bloody sentence!

[@lachlancarter2468]

Yeah no matter how much usa, England, Australia and new Zealand make fun of each other in the end where all great allies and have great respect for each other

[@georgebuller1914]

@Big Blue ANOTHER Yank fantasist!......

[@johnchronic6725]

@@lachlancarter2468 You left out Canada

[@lachlancarter2468]

@Big Blue Americans have to stop thinking they’re all that, yes you have an amazing army and stuff but like in ww1 and 2 you where the last country to come in coming in years late, Australia fought for themselves in Australia but helped out our allies in other countries, also things like Australia’s fires last summer, I keep in hearing Americans talking about how they “saved Australia” like no you guys on FINALLY came in after 40 million acres have burned down and 700 million animals dead you prob didn’t even know that the fires started back in September because your country and news are quite self centred but when it comes to California after only three million acres burned down (which is a lot but not compared to Australia’s fires) you get mad at the world for not instantly sending in every fireman and women we have

[@franciosdeaeruiu7555]

I feel pride for a nation ive never been to

[@Rorya_03]

Thanks mate

[@commanderpondscc-4112]

Thanks mate

[@ars0n765]

thx m8, it’d be nice to have you here someday

[@garylefevers]

Me too. American here.

[@paulsparrsparky7037]

I'm German, but I understand the "soul" of this song. I have some good mates downunder and somehow a part of my heart beats in and for Australia. SLIM is the voice of his homeland and only the version he sang at the closing ceremony of the 2000 Olympics in Sydney is even better than this one... Thank you SLIM 🤠👍🏼🇦🇺✌🏼

[@Shibalba]

My American grandma taught me this song. It always reminds me of her. Love you Grandma Ellen.

[@arthasubhawa6765]

I'm from bali.. When i was a child.. Always listening. Kangaroo radio australia.. And my dad taught me..how to sing This song.. Miss u dad.. 🤘🤘🙏 i just loved this tone.. 🍁😍

[@JoJo-st6jk]

Aussies are fantastic. In all my years, I've been fortunate in that I haven't met one whom I didn't like. I've found that they get along with us Canadians really well. Maybe it's our shared love of beer lol Visiting Oz is on my bucket list. That is, if we ever get past this pandemic. Thanks, Slim Dusty 🦘🇦🇺

[@ArtiStik_ASQr385Ykx3z]

💖💖

[@tomburnie7436]

Xo

[@Atlas226]

As an Aussie I don't think I've ever met a Canadian I didn't get along with either

[@em1osmurf]

my father sang this when i was young, he learned it while with the ANZACs during ww2. i'm old now, but i still miss him. thank you for this.

[@Meadowwoofs]

Australian classic :D

[@JS_1983]

Oneof the songs you hear as a child that sticks with you in your head for your entire life.😂

[@acesgames5318]

greetings to Australia from your Belgian comrades

[@delta-3868]

greetings from australia.

[@yesman1822]

G'day, my friend.

[@acesgames5318]

@Citin782 ?

[@delta-3868]

@Citin782 How about you fuck off?

[@delta-3868]

@Citin782 alright then. but i wouldn't do that because it would offend some people yeah? all good.

[@charlestown8997]

Thanks Slim.

[@davidgray3321]

Great song, well done Australia, all the best from your mates in the U.K.

[@Nevada_Dan]

I'm a Yank and say what you will, to me this song is about FREEDOM and nothing less. If I had my way, Waltzing Matilda would be the anthem for the planet Earth.

[@Maggot1707]

As an Aussie, I can also say freedom is the way to go, and fuck communism!

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

What do yanks know about freedom? Don't you get arrested there for having a beer in public?

[@davidparris7167]

You ''get'' it.....congratulations.

[@raymondcoache7442]

Depends on where you are at. Yes if you live in a city or state run but the democrats.

[@MrBigrobmjca3]

Prayers to the people of Australia.

[@roryteal5940]

And prayers for all the creatures and Forest too

[@MyTermsOfService]

Stop praying and start helping

[@Harold_Wilson]

@YO YO MOFO yes, because it's definitely asonists that is causing the fires in Australia, not, like, the fact that it's bloody hot. That concept is just insane.

[@smokedcheesedog9763]

MrBigrobmjca3 indeed

[@cameraman655]

We’ll be right...cheers!

[@monikaarora8928]

Australia🇦🇺🇦🇺 One of my favourite country, full of nature, amazing people. Lots of love ❤️

[@edmonstonwoods]

Hello Monika, how are you doing. you have great taste for good music, how I wish I had someone like you to share this lovely song with, it would have been heavenly

[@monikaarora8928]

@@edmonstonwoods Thanks man, thanks for the kind words, appreciate that :)

[@thomasjamieson7478]

Our dear old dad would sing this song to us of a night trying to get us to sleep. it never failed. Miss you dad until the next time❤

[@EngPheniks]

I remember watching Slim Dusty sing this song at the closing of the 2000 summer Olympics held at Sydney.

[@SchoolinIife]

We sang this at my dad’s memorial service. It was a great moment

[@prashantpokharel1807]

Frank ifield

[@robertlavrakas7442]

Thank you. This was one of the first songs I heard my father sing. Why am I crying so?

[@egrogan6482]

I remember when I was young, this song was played all over the radio in 1960s. I've always loved it. In 1977, went through Europe one summer with group of Aussies on a tour bus camping, we played that song everyday. It was explained to me this was a patriotic song in Australia - should be their national anthem IMO. One of my favorite songs.

[@chevy266nova]

I had a teacher in HighSchool that was from Australia. At the end of the school year he sang this song to the class.I can still hear him todat. Good job Mr. Ast.

[@callumnye2562]

Hello Jean, how are you doing?

[@wampuscat7433]

Beautiful rendition! First time I heard this was 1967 when I was in Sydney for R&R. I remember being treated better by the Aussies than I ever was back in the States. God bless Australia, the best friend the US ever had!

[@dartanion0075]

Ole mate

[@AdmrlLocke]

My late father used to sing me to sleep with this song back half a century ago and more. I miss him.

[@tanyajohnson1955]

I heard this song on a “Mommy and Me” Kidz Bop type CD when I was a kid. Now I have a son and I’ve sung this to him as a lullaby every night since he was born. Now he’s 2 and asks to listen to the “Slim Dusty one” on repeat. I have to wonder if he’ll be in these comments in 10 or 15 years thinking of how his mom sang this to him as a child. If you are, I love you, Levi.

[@oliwiermikoajczyk9464]

Yeah civ 6 is a masterpiece. Not because of the gameplay changes, not the graphics, but because of this song playing when you fight as Australia.

[@matthew8153]

Random Anime Profile Pic Guy That’s exactly how I got introduced to this song.

[@keegansmetanko3755]

I hear this whenever I meet Australia or America and sometimes Canada and it doesn’t stop EVER

[@copernicus6420]

Yesterday I played as Mongols and this song was playing.

[@CrowDawg11]

@@copernicus6420 I think the game cycles through the songs of all nations you've met. Not positive if it's supposed to or not but it does for me anyway.

[@copernicus6420]

@@CrowDawg11 I think you're right. I've noticed that too.

[@danielb.3515]

rip slim dusty, this makes me cry

[@attilathehun2959]

it just brought me to tears

[@paul-sparky-sparr4160]

I agree, mates...... Even here in Germany, we know and love "The great voice of AUSTRALIA". 👍🇦🇺

[@geoffrogerson9937]

Visit the recently opened Slim Dusty Museum. It’s fascinating

[@kimmcnamara4798]

Poor Slim Dusty

[@PedroVMiranda]

He will forever be in our hearts with this song 🇦🇺

[@aussie8114]

At school we would have to sing God Save The Queen and it would be sang with a great lack of enthusiasm. Then they decided to allow us to sing Waltzing Matilda after the national anthem and the whole school would sing it with a joy that I will always remember.

[@theturtwig50]

Waltzing Matilda is much more Australia in spirit. God Save the Queen is just because Australia was a Bristish Colony, while Waltzing Matilda is anti authority and a free spirit to it. No wonder this wasn't Australia's national anthem! XD

[@eggman903]

Aw man I wish I could sing waltzing Matilda at my assembly’s after the. National anthem

[@wisecampmotorcycles8258]

Amen brother.

[@dhruvalnaik6937]

So 'Advance Australia Fair' is just forgotten?

[@blitzen435]

@@theturtwig50 You guys seem awfully willing to forget that Australia as we know it even you most likely wouldnt be here if it wasnt for the British. God Save The Queen!

[@Keturah-Abigail1]

They made us learn this song in school and I have never forgotten it. I love this song.

[@maxschreck9988]

It is so nice to hear this song from a man worthy of respect.

[@maryruiz4094]

Wow this is great music, i havent heard anything like this in ages! This is a gold mine

[@philipswilson]

Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face!.....

[@Daguerreotypiste]

Ach wie schön, die inoffizielle australische Nationalhymne zu hören. I spent six months in Australia 38 years ogo. It was a remarkable time for me!

[@johnhelms8226]

Wonderful song. Wonderful performance.

[@chaunezkalk9822]

Just something, I always love about this version. Yes, it’s the laughter, so innocent, innovative and marching to a very unconventional drum beat. Hehaw!

[@dantevidruh7463]

I love the Aussies this song just sets the tone absolute outstanding listen to it most days to brighten up my day is it possible to feel patriotic for another country we all love Australia up here in Scotland

[@ArtiStik_ASQr385Ykx3z]

👍👍

[@dinosaurgamer8791]

I love this song, Anybody else get goosebumps when he says his ghost may be heard by that billabong?

[@lorfsor]

Yes. This. 2:13

[@allensacharov5424]

I believe matilda refers to a blanket, correct me if I am wrong

[@BananaWasTaken]

@@allensacharov5424 isn’t that the swag

[@georgiagillies135]

This song is about the swagmen committing suicide but me as a kid never knew that :) I’m an azzie 🇦🇺👍

[@TheSpecialLemon255]

Creepy. ( I’m in America and I LOVE THIS SONG. Also I learned this song in music

[@ericbeaulieu4843]

A warm-hearted endearing classic.

[@janking2762]

The Queensland version is also excellent..

[@dcoop1422]

So this was such a song that it required another highly significant song to be made (the band played waltzing matilda) to explain the significance of this one, and how this song was sung in hard times during the war. The crowd singing this one at sydney closing ceremony was extraordinary.

[@gautamganguli1221]

Amazing rendition of "Waltzing Matilda," ne of my all time favorites. Thanks for uploading.

[@frankydman]

I’ve heard a number of covers of this song, but none have come close to Slim Dusty’s; he was such a perfect fit for the song. I can see why it was he was was selected to close the 2000 Sydney Olympics

[@ArtiStik_ASQr385Ykx3z]

👍👍

[@arnomeesters1]

as a dutchman in the netherlands from europe, i must say i know this song for a very long time, don't know how i know this song, but i'm glad i do, love this song and type of music very much, i hope Y'all have a splendid day folks

[@i.setyawan]

I have always find Waltzing Matilda to be a pleasant, goosebump-inducing melody. Never paid much attention to the lyrics and its meaning, and I was today's year old when I learned what the song was all about.

[@m1994a3jagnew]

Whenever I drove over the road here in America I always started my drive by listening to this each day. Which was fitting cause all I really had was my bag and a guitar. "Go 1200 miles northwest away from home. See you in three weeks." ....well alright. *you'll come a waltzing Matilda with me*

[@hunterblackmusic]

Listening to this before the Matildas vs England game tonight!!!

[@KrizRogers]

The first time I was introduced to this song was in school when a teacher brought an exchange student from Australia to speak to us about his home country. He played this song for us too. It is such a great song.

[@sirnorthernnoblemanchadhen2076]

It's incredibly heartwarming to me that so many outside of our country appreciate a song that is so well loved and appreciated by Australians

[@edmonstonwoods]

You have a great taste for good music, how I wish I had someone like you to share this lovely song with, it would have been heavenly

[@Getsumsimm]

I am a 30 year old from Ethiopia who came to Australia at 2 years old. I went to primary school in Lakemba which in those days wasn’t as Islamic as it is today and had a lot of Greeks and Italians. I remember all students proudly learning this song and the National Anthem and knowing it off by heart. In a single generation the national anthem and Aussie patriotism is no longer taught in schools. What on Earth happened to this great country and why is being proud of Australia taboo now?

[@riamriam6758]

Simply. They’ve had it good for too long. Actually not even that. They’ve sat comfortable at home since the Anzacs returned as if life will remain the same till Anzacs2.0 are assembled. Iv seen all these “true blue aussies” talk about and show how much they love Australia but Jose same people sit at home as the nation crumbles.

[@aussiegod4269]

Anti white sentiment killed it really. Any association to art that evolved out of Australia when it was European is hated on.

[@LawpickingLocksmith]

I feel so guilty having missed all his live concerts. Long live Dusty!

[@almasarajlic6488]

You do realize he passed away in 2003 right?

[@mikeringner6540]

Australia! You'll never get a better "national hymn"! !!!

[@carlryan3936]

This song touches me deeper than any other.

[@liammccarthy3221]

Just had my first kid a little girl and named her Matilda loved slim since I herd Duncan for the first time when I was 13 now 29 and still can’t get enough

[@liammccarthy3221]

Rest easy old mate

[@rachelh2157]

CONGRATS on the little girl 💝

[@TadSanDiego]

Best rendition of Waltzing Matilda. Here is a shout for Slim Dusty!

[@l0stembers484]

Any Aussies than me here? Here during quarantine mates.

[@Cooldude-ko7ps]

President Snow g’day mate. Isn’t nice to relax listening to this song?

[@seto3861]

me

[@managerialelitetoaster3456]

Over here in WA.

[@-extrovertedhufflepuff-2262]

Nope. I am! And I damn love this song.

[@mochridhetinsey1403]

My parents liked this song...

[@ullialthof9118]

This is a famos Australien song. I live over twenty years in Australia and this song bring me home.