"I Am Australian," "Georgy Girl," "Waltzing Matilda" | The Seekers | Live 1994

Note:  "Waltzing Matilda" starts at +6:35.

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,
"You'll 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 tuckerbag,
"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 shoved that jumbuck in his tuckerbag,
"You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me."

Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred;
Down came the troopers -- one, two, three.
"Where's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tuckerbag?
You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me."

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me.
"Where's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tuckerbag?
You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda, with me."

Up jumped the swagman and sprang 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."

- Banjo Paterson (1895)


Zen Yogi:  what's the situation with this song?

I was twelve when we left so the song was already imprinted on my mind.  I'm one of the Lorenz geese so now the song is my mother.

Zen Yogi:  wow, it's all that?

Maybe as I get misty any time I hear it and I don't even know why.

Ref:  Konrad Lorenz study of imprinting by goslings of the first thing they see and that thing becomes Mother.  There are multiple pictures of him walking around with all his goslings following single file behind him.

Zen Yogi:  when it took all that evolution to turn you into a goose, it seems it could have been done easier

Life will do it every time, Yogi.  (rim shot)

The TV has geese on every channel.

Zen Yogi:  come up with a recipe for Peking Goose and you will make millions plus reduce the goose problem

Peking Goose sounds perverted in some odd way.  How would you like to try our Peking Goose?

Um, no but thanks.

Ix-nay on the Chinese cooking.

Zen Yogi:  the swagman will eat them

There's the answer, Yogi.  We should tell all the swagmen they can eat all the geese they catch, especially the ones on television.

Zen Yogi:  I miss Saturday morning cartoons

Me too, Yogi.