Rolf Harris :: Waltzing Matilda (with lyrics and explanation of them) video

Rolf Harris singing waltzing Matilda ... Australias National Anthem (should be), in his charismatic way ... I'm not sure when Rolf Harris recorded Waltzing Matilda, but I know he sang it on Sunday Night at The London Palladium in the sixties. I have tried to include most of the fish, reptiles, mammals and marsupials that are found in Australasia (in alphabetical order) ... but I am well sure that I have missed a few hundred ... I think that there are at least 100 species of birds, and many more snakes, lizards, mammals and for sure fish ... but I might be wrong ... ha ha. So ... way to goooo ... I hope you enjooooy. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Oh nearly forgot the lyrics ... Watzing Matilda lyrics ... some written by Rolf Harris ... namely the intro Spoken ( Waltzing Matilda is a song about an Australian Hobo I guess you'd call him. He wanders through the bush- land of Australia and he takes all his meager belongings wrapped up in an old blanket which is strung across his shoulders with an old piece of twine ... and this is called his swag. Hence the name swagman. Now affectionately or otherwise he refers to his swag as Matilda, its like his only companion as he wanders through the bush tracks ... he finds himself talking to it as if its a real person ... So the term Waltzing Matilda is nothing to do with dancing at all, it means in fact carrying this thing on your back through the long lonely stretches of the Australian bush... Couple of ...