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Not our anthem. As I've said before, one can't sing too solemnly about a jumbuck. But Waltzing Matilda is Australia's song and it always will be." [108] Australian passports issued from 2003 have had the lyrics of "Waltzing Matilda" hidden microscopically in the background pattern of most of the pages for visas and arrival/departure stamps. [109]
The song "Waltzing Matilda", by Australian poet Banjo Paterson, is the almost national anthem to which the young Australian volunteers of Bogle's song march to war and return from war and which is played when the war is remembered. At the conclusion of Bogle's song, its melody and a few of its lyrics, with modifications, are incorporated.
You can't make a national song overnight. It just evolves. That's why holding competitions to find one are not successful." [4] O'Hagan also felt the original words to "Waltzing Matilda" were not suitable for an anthem as being undignified. [4] STW-9 in Perth used this for their sign offs from 1977 until they went 24/7 in 1983.
The lyrics to the song's chorus incorporates a significant part of the chorus of the Australian folk song "Waltzing Matilda." Waits explained the reason for choosing to incorporate parts of "Waltzing Matilda" saying, "when you're 'waltzing matilda', you're on the road. You're not with your girlfriend, you're on the bum.
The songs are often ironic and humorous as with Paterson's Beautiful Land of Australia chorus: "Illawarra, Mittagong, Parramatta, Wollongong. If you wish to become an ourang-outang, Then go to the bush of Australia." The lyrics for "Waltzing Matilda", often regarded as Australia's unofficial national anthem, were also composed by Paterson in 1895.
A romanticised figure, the swagman is famously referred to in the song "Waltzing Matilda", by Banjo Paterson, which tells of a swagman who turns to stealing a sheep from the local squatter. The economic depressions of the 1860s and 1890s saw an increase in these itinerant workers. During these periods it was seen as 'mobilising the workforce'.
"Street Hassle" is a song recorded by American rock musician Lou Reed for his 1978 studio album of the same name. It is 10 minutes and 56 seconds long and divided into three distinct sections: "Waltzing Matilda," "Street Hassle," and "Slipaway." Part one, "Waltzing Matilda," describes a transgender woman picking up and paying a male prostitute.
"Waltzing Matilda" (Banjo Paterson, lyrics: Marie Cowan) Side 2 "I'll Never Find Another You" (Tom Springfield) "The Light from the Lighthouse" (Traditional; arranged by The Seekers) "South Australia" (Traditional; arranged by The Seekers) "Lemon Tree" "The Wreck of the Old 97" (Traditional; arranged by The Seekers)