Matilda No More

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Slim Dusty] Once jolly swagmen went humpin' their swags And stuffed jolly jumbucks in their tuckerbags These days jolly junkies go on bag snatchin' jags And steal to buy the poison they need The old swaggie just wanted a feed [Chorus: Slim Dusty and Kasey Chambers] And who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me Oh Banjo this country's not what it used to be We've changed all your words and rewritten your score Now it's waltzing Matilda no more [Verse 2: Kasey Chambers] Once Henry and Mary on a warm afternoon Rode down a reedy river to the broad bright lagoon The song of the river is a long vanished tune Since they built the uranium mine What's just left now is just toxic slime [Chorus: Slim Dusty and Kasey Chambers] And who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me Oh Henry this country's not what it used to be Days pass with a whimper and not with the roar And it's waltzing Matilda no more [Verse 3: Slim Dusty] We cut down the trees and the land we reclaimed We ploughed and we planted then we ploughed once again And again and again and again and again So now on a hot windy day We can watch our topsoil blown away [Chorus: Slim Dusty and Kasey Chambers] And who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me The desert is marching down to the sea On the day that it stretches from shore to far shore We'll go waltzing Matilda no more [Verse 5: Slim Dusty] Saturday night outside a Kings Cross hotel Kids with hard drugs and soft bodies to sell Australia these children are halfway to hell Oh is this the best deal you can give? Well I find that hard to believe [Chorus: Slim Dusty and Kasey Chambers] And who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me Hey Anzac is this what you fought to keep free? A land fit for heroes or homeless and poor And it's waltzing Matilda no more [Verse 6: Slim Dusty and Kasey Chambers] And who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me This country could still be what we want it to be With care and compassion the dream we'll restore And we'll go waltzing Matilda once more, yeah We'll go waltzing Matilda once more