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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" ( swag) slung over one's back. [ 2 ] The song narrates the story of an itinerant worker, or " swagman ", making a drink of billy tea at a bush camp and capturing a stray ...
Songwriter (s) Tom Waits. Producer (s) Bones Howe. " Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) " (commonly known as " Tom Traubert's Blues " or " Waltzing Matilda ") is a song by American musician Tom Waits . It is the opening track on Waits' fourth studio album Small Change, released in September 1976 on Asylum Records.
Eric Bogle. " And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda " is a song written by Scottish-born Australian singer-songwriter Eric Bogle in 1971. The song describes war as futile and gruesome, while criticising those who seek to glorify it. This is exemplified in the song by the account of a young Australian serviceman who is maimed during the Gallipoli ...
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Home Among the Gumtrees has a set of mime actions accompanying the chorus which are familiar to people throughout Australia, although their exact origins are unknown. The song has become one of the most frequently recorded Australian compositions of all time and is a standard in Australian folk music. A variety of artists have covered it ...
"Tom Traubert's Blues" opens the album. Jay S. Jacobs has described the song as a "stunning opener [which] sets the tone for what follows." [4] The refrain is based almost word by word on the 1890 Australian song, "Waltzing Matilda" by A.B. "Banjo" Paterson, although the tune is slightly different. The origin of the song is somewhat ambiguous.
The Rolling Stone Album Guide. [ 3] If We Fall in Love Tonight is an album released by Rod Stewart on 12 November 1996. It includes mostly previously released songs. The album was released in both the US and UK, though the versions differ slightly. It was released by Warner Bros. Records, and produced the singles "If We Fall in Love Tonight ...
Charles Thomas " Stompin' Tom " Connors, OC (February 9, 1936 – March 6, 2013) was a Canadian country and folk singer-songwriter. Focusing his career exclusively on his native Canada, he is credited with writing more than 300 songs and has released four dozen albums, with total sales of nearly four million copies.