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"Waltzing Matilda" is a song developed in the Australian style of poetry and folk music called a bush ballad. It has been described as the country's "unofficial national anthem". [1] The title was Australian slang for travelling on foot (waltzing) with one's belongings in a "matilda" slung over one's back. [2]
The song "Waltzing Matilda", by Australian poet Banjo Paterson, is the almost national anthem [3] [4] 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.
YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. In 2012, "Je m'appelle Funny Bear" by German virtual singer Gummibär became the first French-language music video to reach 100 million views. In 2023, Indila's song "Dernière Danse" became the first music video in French to reach 1 billion views.
Benjamin French (born 27 April 1987) known professionally as Frenchy, or by his YouTube channel name Frenchy SungaAttack, is an Australian comedian and YouTuber. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] His YouTube channel has more than 700 thousand subscribers.
The song was performed by a choir at the opening ceremonies of the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane. Australian comedian and musician Tim Minchin uploaded a parody of the song called "I Still Call Australia Homophobic" to his Facebook page [16] in reference to the same-sex marriage debate and proposed 2017 survey in Australia. [17]
It peaked at number 105 in Australia; a music video was also made for the song, although its whereabouts, if copies still exist, is unknown. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] On his 2007 album The World's Most Popular Pianist Plays Down Under Favorites , French pianist Richard Clayderman included a medley composed of "Up There Cazaly", " Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport ...
"Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi" is a cheer or chant often performed at Australian sport events.It is a variation of the "Oggy Oggy Oggy, oi oi oi" chant used by both soccer and rugby union fans in Great Britain from the 1960s onwards.
The song has also been recorded by Rosemary Clooney on July 9, 1954, singing a French-language version of the chorus as well as the English-language chorus. [3] In Australia, a version of the song was released on the Decca label, catalogue number Y 6605, by Frank Weir & His Saxophone And Orchestra, with vocals by The Michael Twins, in 1954. [4]