Johnny and June Cash came to Australia back in the 1980’s and 1990’s. They often, unannounced went to work in communities. Two incredible people. RIP John and June!
I’m an Indian American and I love this song. I read Bill Bryson’s commentary on it but later listened to it and love the Aussie spirit. Cheers to you Aussies!
THANK YOU!! He did it justice - Aussie slang is not an easy task to decipher, and there’s many different interpretations of this song in particular! Ol Slim would’ve been proud to think that THE Johnny (and June) Cash would one day be singing his song ❤ Everyone needs to chill and enjoy instead of stressing the tiny details 🙄
U571 ...these guys were the prize guys of entertainment. ..they were proper people who adored the audience. ...that was US. .today oh forget it...talent will survive today .
Hearing Cash’s golden voice sing my nation’s cultural anthem is damn near enough to make me cry. I’m glad other cultures can appreciate the beauty of this song ❤
Wow,Thank U Johnny ! Old Aussie of 73 here & never new This Great man Sang our Song ? First time in my Life hearing this from him,& my, did he do a fine job ! God Bless U Sir ,Legendary ! This made me become very Emotional & grateful at the Same time ! Genuine & beautiful ! I Come from in the Country of New South Wales ,( Australia),So we have much in Common with Country folk of America ! i think Country Singers, Relay that message very well of both our great Nations with great Respect ! Thank U again ,was beautiful ,sending love to all from DOWNUNDER AUSTRALIA! 🙏🇺🇸♥️🇦🇺☘️🙏
Jumbuck is an Australian term for a male sheep. A Billy is a tallish pot with a handle to boil water in....Johnny legend of a man, thank you for singing an old Aussie traditional..
The man was a legend. As an Aussie iknow a few things were a little off but our American mates would have got the gyst of the story. We should encourage others to enjoy our culture and not be too precious about it
As a 10 year old in Los Angeles, I fell in love with Waltzing Matilda while watching the 1959 post-apocalyptic science fiction drama film "On the Beach". To this day, I am still touched when I listen to that majestic film score of Waltzing Matilda. Even when I hear Waltzing Matilda performed on You tube, this Aussie folk ballad will stay with me for days.
"Waltzing Matilda" was adopted by the 1st Marine Division from when they were based in Australia after fighting at Guadalcanal. It's an official divisional tune. They also wear the Southern Cross constellation on their shoulder patch, because that's off the Australian flag. All their camps, when based in a war zone, are called "Matilda". Btw, a jumbuck is a sheep, not a small deer. :)
I'm 27 the youngest of 10 kids and they all listened to 2pac and so on while I listened to country with my mother and father, I can't believe I haven't seen this. Love it and still missing ol johnny cash !
I am Chinese Australian who has lived in this country for more than 20 years. Every time I listen to this song, I consider myself more Australian than Chinese. It is such a great song and symbol of Australian spirit.
@@crimsonthumos3905 Your comments are offensive. We are all immigrants to this wonderful country, and hopefully we all contribute positively. Hate and racism don't achieve anything positive.
Please don't listen to that racist Ahole. Thankyou for choosing to enrich Australia with diversity. That fool doesn't understand that Chinese have been in Australia long before his family immigrated here.
Nah, stop simping over the legends, no doubt johnny was amazing in his era, but his voice wasn't special, he had a very natural american ol folks voice, but in comparingson to people like Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury, Heck, even Frank Sinatra or Dean Martin, see those men had amazing voices
@@lennon7978 you have a narrow view of the voice as an instrument. Very few people sound like johnny, he has a very distinct oldschool narrators voice that not anyone can pull off. Its not all about hitting highs and lows, its about atmospheres, feelings, spirit, aesthetics. Its art and there are many brushes.
@@lennon7978a very disrespectful comment. Cash had one of the best baritone ranges in our history. He’s up there with the likes of Elvis. If you know anything about music you will know how special and rare a baritone range is. And all the more rare is that he was able to bring his voice to the masses. I think this man deserves all the respect and plaudits he gets.
How hard is teapot n sheep??? Hell, this American can't understand half of what you Aussies say, but hot damn, a hobos rotating mutton...I knew that!!!
Little did Johnny know that one day this would be put on the internet for the world to catch him out on his ruse... (In his defence. I have a habit of talking a bit of bollocks myself when I don't think anyone knows any better)
I performed this song as a set piece in the Kenya national music festival year 1994 at KICC Amphitheatre emerging one of the best performers. Up to date i love this Australian cultural anthem .... Waltzing Matilda.
Johnny, thank you. What a treat even all these years later to hear you sing a very treasured song still taught in our school curriculum today. Also thank you for the Adelaide shout out! 🥰
The song Waltzing Matilda was adopted as the official song of the 1st Marine Division after its members fought alongside Australian servicemen in the Pacific Theatre. It was actually played for George Washington’s birthday in February 1943! With the surrender of Japan, the band returned to the United States and the song has stayed with the Division ever since.
I saw this on tv the other day, and this song has been stuck in my head ever since. Well done, Mr. Cash. This is the same episode that Mr. Merle Ronald Haggard guest starred on. Both of my favorite classic country singers on the same show. Doesn't get any better.
When I was a kid in country Australia, my parents would let me stay up late on that one night of the week that Johnny’s show was on TV. He was very popular here. I have heaps of his songs on my phone.
Wow. I really was surprised to see this. Wouldn’t have thought he would know this song. He did a great job with the help of his lovely wife June. Thanks John from an Aussie
Came from Halk Arenasi presented by Ugur Dundar (Turkish TV Programmer) shown on Halk TV dated March 23rd 2018... He talked about Eric Bogle and asked the audience to go to RUclips and search for this video. Here I am... and its amazing to listen this from Johnny Cash whom I listened when I was growing up in Turkey / Istanbul.
Ah, this brings back memories. We used to sing this at my old Montessori school. I had not a care in the world for the entirety of my first through third grade years. I remember when I used to be an active wholesome innocent chid who liked school. Literally my school was the incarnation of a wholesome dreamland. The students would randomly brake out in song and we would just play all day everyday and hug trees. Good times.
@@monique8641 Get over your problem with Johnny Cash. His baritone voice is rare and a gift. If you can’t appreciate it then please research vocal ranges. Johnny Cash was almost unparalleled - few people including Elvis could compete. As for the rendition of Waltzing Matilda lots of people have done it. Including the icon that is Kylie Minogue. Check it out ruclips.net/video/3_a2W0dEj_Y/видео.html Slim was brilliant and many others. But this does not diminish Johnny Cash’s legacy or his talent.
A Billy is short for Billican here in the Uk which is probably the same in OZ, which is a small saucepan with a wire handle that folds down when not in use. They usually are supplied in threes which fit one inside eachother to save room. The biggest one is used for boiling water to wash up after cooking. Anyway great song great singer.
I thought a jumbuck was a sheep? And that’s why the squatter mounted on his thoroughbred wanted to take the jolly swag man, for stealing a farmers jumbuck! 😂
@@monique8641you are on quite a mission aren’t you? Multiple posts rubbishing this wonderful attempt by Cash to highlight this wonderful song. His baritone pitch is not to be underestimated. He hits low notes most of us would be gasping to replicate with ease.
Firstly, water is boiled in a billy and this is to make tea- always with a gum leaf added, a jumbuck is a sheep. Coolibah- is a common mispronounciation of Eucalyptus coolabah and coolibah is the spelling Banjo Patterson used when he first wrote the poem. I have always pronounced it coolabah. The title "Waltzing Matilda" was Australian slang for travelling on foot with one's belongings in a (swag) slung over one's back. ... 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 jumbuck (sheep) to eat. When the jumbuck's owner, a squatter (landowner), and three troopers (mounted policemen) pursue the swagman for theft, he declares "You'll never catch me alive!" and drowns himself in a nearby billabong (watering hole), to avoid being captured after which his ghost haunts the site. The song strikes a chord with Australians because it is deeply imbedded in our psyche to defy authority and which the song is clearly about. That being said, I wish Johnny had sung the whole aong because the part Australian's get all teary and proud about is when the Swagman drowns himself rather than be captured by the enemy (police) "And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong: "You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me."
Look up Slim Dusty's version. It contains all the lyrics. It's a story of a free man that travelled carrying all he owned from farm to farm looking for work and camped along his way. When he stole the sheep and the police caught him, he prefered to drown than give up his freedom and go to jail for sheep stealing.
I never knew Johnny cash sang irish music i just learned famous country legend love singing irish music great job becuse i love irish music and county music and good rocknroll. Oct 2020
Actually, a 'billy' is the tin can used to boil tea or whatever in over an open fire...often a tin can was saved and refurbished with a wire handle to be used as a tea billy
Song for the day. "Waltzing Matilda" is Australia's most widely known bush ballad. A folk song, the song has been referred to as "the unofficial national anthem of Australia". The title is Australian slang for travelling by foot with one's goods (waltzing, derived from the German auf der Walz) in a "Matilda" (bag) slung over one's back. The song narrates the story of an itinerant worker, or "swagman", making a drink of tea at a bush camp and capturing a sheep to eat. When the sheep's owner arrives with three police officers to arrest the worker for the theft, the worker commits suicide by drowning himself in the nearby watering hole, after which his ghost haunts the site. The original lyrics were written in 1895 by poet and nationalist Banjo Paterson. It was first published as sheet music in 1903. Extensive folklore surrounds the song and the process of its creation, to the extent that the song has its own museum, the Waltzing Matilda Centre in Winton, Queensland. In 2012, to remind Australians of the song's significance, Winton organized the inaugural Waltzing Matilda Day to be held on 6 April, the anniversary of its first performance. The song was first recorded in 1926 as performed by John Collinson and Russell Callow.] In 2008, this recording of "Waltzing Matilda" was added to the Sounds of Australia registry in the National Film and Sound Archive which says that there are more recordings of "Waltzing Matilda" than any other Australian song. The Australian poet Banjo Paterson wrote the words to "Waltzing Matilda" in January 1895 while staying at a bush station in western Queensland, the Dagworth Homestead near Winton owned by the Macpherson family. The words were written to a tune recited by 21 year-old Christina Macpherson, one of the family members at the station. Macpherson had been taken with "The Craigielee March" which she heard played by a military band while attending the Warrnambool steeplechase horse racing in Victoria during 1894, and played it back by ear at Dagworth. Paterson decided that the music would be a good piece to set lyrics to, and produced the original version during the rest of his stay at the station and in Winton Glossary The lyrics contain many distinctively Australian English words, some now rarely used outside of the song. These include: waltzing - derived from the German term auf der Walz, which means to travel while working as a craftsman and learn new techniques from other masters before returning home after three years and one day, a custom which is still in use today among carpenters. Matilda - a romantic term for a swagman's bundle. See below, "Waltzing Matilda". Waltzing Matilda - from the above terms, "to waltz Matilda" is to travel with a swag, that is, with all one's belongings on one's back wrapped in a blanket or cloth swagman - a man who travelled the country looking for work. The swagman's "swag" was a bed roll that bundled his belongings. billabong - an oxbow lake (a cut-off river bend) found alongside a meandering river. coolibah tree- a kind of eucalyptus tree which grows near billabongs. jumbuck - a sheep. billy - a can for boiling water in, usually 2--3 pints. tucker bag - a bag for carrying food ("tucker"). troopers - policemen Squatter - Australian squatters started as early farmers who raised livestock on land which they did not legally have the right to use; in many cases they later gained legal use of the land even though they did not have full possession, and became wealthy thanks to these large land holdings. The squatter's claim to the land may be as uncertain as the swagman's claim to the jumbuck.
Actually, as an Australian I can say it was just called a Swag, Matilda is just a girls name. The reason it's called Waltzing Matilda is because it shows the lonely life of which everything he ever needs and he has in his life is in that bag. So he affectionately calls her Matilda. The Waltzing is true but many think he got up with the heavy bag and Waltzed with it like his beloved Matilda. It shows the loneliness of swagmen.
We're a little late in getting into this thread aussiefirie but like Greta Little I did some interpretation that in my case I guess was off the mark. I had already read or heard everything that kitsus mitsus posted EXCEPT for "billy" being slang for a small tin pot. I had always thought the meaning of "waiting 'till his billy boiled" was that the swagman was boiling "mutton" from a goat. Thus, even though the swagman had at least some meat, a future meal of real mutton was too tempting when compared with his fare of billy-goat which led him to grab the jumbuck. I see I was wrong, but still it would have been quaint way of describing his meal.
Actual Aussie slang translation Swagman- early Australian pioneer type person who travelled the land Billabong - waterhole Billy-small pot for boiling water over a campfire usually for tea and coffe Jumbuck-sheep
And the Matilda is German for swag, the waltzing Matilda came about from swagmen using them as dancing partners out bush to entertain themselves whilst out droving as there were no women.
I'm nearly 50, life fan of The man in Black. As an Aussie Hot Shot Fireman ( we are called RAFT here..down under ) Mr Cash, sir a jumbuck is a sheep, not a kangawallafox that you described. From a man who comes home sooty, Vale Mr J Cash
You're right. 'Waltzing Matilda' means to wander all over our land on foot. Back in the day men walked everywhere from farm to farm looking for work of any kind.
To add to Steve, a Matilda was a kind of swag, which is a sleeping mat. Also to take all of your possessions with you. Cash does miss translate a wee bit though. Swaggies aren't necessarily hobos, a billy isn't a stew but rather a small kind of camping pot, a jumbuck is a male sheep.
Growing UP Australian for me IS to Be the Swagman and tell the pommie Troopers where to stick their rules! You come a Waltzing Mathilda with me! 😂 No one knows the full official Aussie anthem BUT we ALL know all the verses to "Waltzing Mathilda" and "I still caller Australia Home!" ❤❤❤❤
LOL...some of his defintions were a bit off the mark....it was great to hear Johnny singing our song....thanks for posting it..Cheers from Down Under...
A swagman carries his swag [bed roll] on his back. His billy is a tin can he boils water in to make a cuppa, [cup of tea]. Coolabah tree not coolibah tree. A jumbuck is a sheep. Left out the last two verses. Oh well.
Johnny and June Cash came to Australia back in the 1980’s and 1990’s. They often, unannounced went to work in communities. Two incredible people. RIP John and June!
I’m an Indian American and I love this song. I read Bill Bryson’s commentary on it but later listened to it and love the Aussie spirit. Cheers to you Aussies!
You too mate! All the best !
🦘🇦🇺🐨 ... Cheers to you too!
Thanks very much for your wishes. I'm listening to Johnny singing this song now. It means heaps.
Thanks very much for your wishes. I'm listening to Johnny singing this song now. It means heaps.
cheers mate, all the best your way
As an Aussie, it doesn't matter if the words aren't 100% its the sentiment that counts and the great man got that 100% correct.
American here. I miss Johnny Cash.
@@rustyrelicsfarm2406Englishman here. So do I.
No slim Dusty but he definitely gave me goose bumps still
THANK YOU!! He did it justice - Aussie slang is not an easy task to decipher, and there’s many different interpretations of this song in particular! Ol Slim would’ve been proud to think that THE Johnny (and June) Cash would one day be singing his song ❤ Everyone needs to chill and enjoy instead of stressing the tiny details 🙄
Johnny Cash toured all over sang local folk songs in German etal. Truly a world troubadour..
G’day mates we love Johnny Cash. Lots of Aussies love him.
I’m Aussie and love this song. Johnny Cash was a remarkable performer. What a legend.
U571 ...these guys were the prize guys of entertainment. ..they were proper people who adored the audience. ...that was US. .today oh forget it...talent will survive today .
i am Australian to
you must locking the Pogue version.
I gotcha mate, from Melbourne, Australia.
I hear ya, proud Brisbane girl watching THE MAN sing our song 🥹🇦🇺
Hearing Cash’s golden voice sing my nation’s cultural anthem is damn near enough to make me cry. I’m glad other cultures can appreciate the beauty of this song ❤
Wow,Thank U Johnny !
Old Aussie of 73 here & never new This Great man Sang our Song ? First time in my Life hearing this from him,& my, did he do a fine job !
God Bless U Sir ,Legendary !
This made me become very Emotional & grateful at the Same time ! Genuine & beautiful !
I Come from in the Country of New South Wales ,( Australia),So we have much in Common with Country folk of America ! i think Country Singers, Relay that message very well of both our great Nations with great Respect !
Thank U again ,was beautiful ,sending love to all from DOWNUNDER AUSTRALIA!
🙏🇺🇸♥️🇦🇺☘️🙏
As an Australian in an American life, this song means everything. Always has, since I heard it when I was a young kid. Be seein ya soon Queensland.
Jumbuck is an Australian term for a male sheep. A Billy is a tallish pot with a handle to boil water in....Johnny legend of a man, thank you for singing an old Aussie traditional..
It’s from the Scottish Billy Can for making tea.
I do like the idea of Australia, of all the weird animals that living there, also having something that's half deer and half jackrabbit.
Honestly the only time I have ever heard that word is in this song. It's not part of the local vernacular.
It's funny that Johnny Cash gave a Jumbuck the same definition as the fabled American Jakalope.. 🤣
@@reidheidler5138No s jumbuck is a sheep.
Saw him live in Launceston Tasmania, brilliant! 🇦🇺🇦🇺
Here's to the beautiful Tassie. Always wanted to end up there, but time is running out.
This is why Johnny is the most important American singer, his love and appreciation of music of the world, old and new.
From the UK ,God bless you Aussies !.
Lord bless you too, mate. 😊
God bless you to and all of the UK.❤❤
Thanks guv'na.........I mean mate 😀
Godbless you our English cousins ❤️🔥
@staceyrobinson771 we love our poms...seriously 🤣❤️❤️❤️
The man was a legend. As an Aussie iknow a few things were a little off but our American mates would have got the gyst of the story. We should encourage others to enjoy our culture and not be too precious about it
This Song has been stuck in my head for the past couple days. Working on memorizing the lyrics myself
Aukgd right
It's not really Australian culture anymore. It's a horribly outdated song
Previous??
Australian culture is weak these days but it's still alive if the Australian youth are willing to save it.
As an Aussie and lover of Mr. Johnny Cash… This brought tears to my eyes. 🫶🏼
That wonderful baritone voice combined with his vast musical talent was rounded off beautifully with the appearance of his soul mate.
Australian here December 2024 ❤ Bloody brilliant Johnny 👏 👌 👍 ❤️🔥
As a 10 year old in Los Angeles, I fell in love with Waltzing Matilda while watching the 1959 post-apocalyptic science fiction drama film "On the Beach". To this day, I am still touched when I listen to that majestic film score of Waltzing Matilda. Even when I hear Waltzing Matilda performed on You tube, this Aussie folk ballad will stay with me for days.
"Waltzing Matilda" was adopted by the 1st Marine Division from when they were based in Australia after fighting at Guadalcanal. It's an official divisional tune. They also wear the Southern Cross constellation on their shoulder patch, because that's off the Australian flag. All their camps, when based in a war zone, are called "Matilda". Btw, a jumbuck is a sheep, not a small deer. :)
i gonna watch that movie nowish
A former Marine here and this song touches something in me.
1st Division?
America and Australia have been great allies for 100 years mate ❤
look at that, ol' Johnny Cash being a teacher and bringing culture to the world.
He got some of the interpretations wrong and only sang half the song.
I'm 27 the youngest of 10 kids and they all listened to 2pac and so on while I listened to country with my mother and father, I can't believe I haven't seen this. Love it and still missing ol johnny cash !
I am Chinese Australian who has lived in this country for more than 20 years. Every time I listen to this song, I consider myself more Australian than Chinese. It is such a great song and symbol of Australian spirit.
You are still Chinese, not Australian
@@crimsonthumos3905 Your comments are offensive. We are all immigrants to this wonderful country, and hopefully we all contribute positively. Hate and racism don't achieve anything positive.
@crimsonthumos3905 If that is your real name, we Aussies stick up for battlers and hate bullies. So get a dead dog up ya! Shit for brains.
@@crimsonthumos3905get fucked arsehole being Australian is having the right attitude,and you clearly aren't Australian.
Please don't listen to that racist Ahole. Thankyou for choosing to enrich Australia with diversity. That fool doesn't understand that Chinese have been in Australia long before his family immigrated here.
His voice has to be one of the greatest voices ever to hold a microphone.
So sultry, so manly.
What a guy
Nah, stop simping over the legends, no doubt johnny was amazing in his era, but his voice wasn't special, he had a very natural american ol folks voice, but in comparingson to people like Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury, Heck, even Frank Sinatra or Dean Martin, see those men had amazing voices
@@lennon7978 sorry I think you don’t know what the word Simping actually means.
The word you are looking for is admiring.
@@lennon7978 you have a narrow view of the voice as an instrument. Very few people sound like johnny, he has a very distinct oldschool narrators voice that not anyone can pull off.
Its not all about hitting highs and lows, its about atmospheres, feelings, spirit, aesthetics.
Its art and there are many brushes.
@@lennon7978a very disrespectful comment. Cash had one of the best baritone ranges in our history. He’s up there with the likes of Elvis. If you know anything about music you will know how special and rare a baritone range is. And all the more rare is that he was able to bring his voice to the masses. I think this man deserves all the respect and plaudits he gets.
Great job on our song Johnny Cash.
You were the best, still are in your fans eyes.
Thankyou for the music
He did very well attempting to translate from Australian.. Much of our language and slang has no matching words outside of Australia. Lol..
He got billy and jumbuck completely wrong
How hard is teapot n sheep???
Hell, this American can't understand half of what you Aussies say, but hot damn, a hobos rotating mutton...I knew that!!!
You can cook a stew in ya billy..
Little did Johnny know that one day this would be put on the internet for the world to catch him out on his ruse... (In his defence. I have a habit of talking a bit of bollocks myself when I don't think anyone knows any better)
@@stevenwebb3634 he tried that’s what matters
Quite simply.. one of the greatest songs ever written.. sung by one of the greatest musicians of all time = GOOD STUFF
I disagree. Slim dusty a true Australian gives you joy and tears at once
@@kyra.at. As an Aussie, Johnny Cash has done just as good of a job with the song as Slim did.
@@TheDemocrab Slim did it a little better wouldnt you agree? Gives out the aussie accent and voice.
I performed this song as a set piece in the Kenya national music festival year 1994 at KICC Amphitheatre emerging one of the best performers. Up to date i love this Australian cultural anthem .... Waltzing Matilda.
Would have been good to hear him sing all of it. Still glad to find this little treasure.
Yeah they never got to the actual bit. The theft, colonial law enforcement and suicide are pretty important.
Johnny, thank you. What a treat even all these years later to hear you sing a very treasured song still taught in our school curriculum today. Also thank you for the Adelaide shout out! 🥰
I am falling in love with this Waltzing Matilda anthem the more I hear it!
Roccy T well go watch the ww2 soldiers singing it. Gives me chills
Not as good as slim though
@@hauben4x448 agree slim sang it better
The song Waltzing Matilda was adopted as the official song of the 1st Marine Division after its members fought alongside Australian servicemen in the Pacific Theatre. It was actually played for George Washington’s birthday in February 1943! With the surrender of Japan, the band returned to the United States and the song has stayed with the Division ever since.
@@carolepworth4807 Slim sang the whole song. This rendition is only half of it.
I saw this on tv the other day, and this song has been stuck in my head ever since. Well done, Mr. Cash. This is the same episode that Mr. Merle Ronald Haggard guest starred on. Both of my favorite classic country singers on the same show. Doesn't get any better.
Thanks big fella ,,, from Australia,,, lol,,, jumbuck = sheep.
,,,,,Lol,,,,
Norman Fraser lol
Male sheep
Mathilda was his beloved wife and the bits he still had, was inside his tuckerbag. "Waltzing Mathilda"
@@johannahummel-jasper1411 that is most definitely not correct lol
When I was a kid in country Australia, my parents would let me stay up late on that one night of the week that Johnny’s show was on TV. He was very popular here. I have heaps of his songs on my phone.
❤️ you to all the Aussies out there.
♥️ Back to you mate.
Wow. I really was surprised to see this. Wouldn’t have thought he would know this song. He did a great job with the help of his lovely wife June. Thanks John from an Aussie
Often when I search a favorite song a favorite artist has recorded it. A small part of the good luck and blessings I've seen in this life.
This is an amazing version of an Australian classic thank you to the electronic Ash and Jayda cash for covering this song
I sang this as an 8 year old in elementary school in California and I still know every word as a 44 year old!
This is so great. The great JC never disappoints
What a lovely version. Johnny & June just doin it! Thankyou
Oh man... This brought a tear to this Aussie's eyes... This is just awesome
Came from Halk Arenasi presented by Ugur Dundar (Turkish TV Programmer) shown on Halk TV dated March 23rd 2018... He talked about Eric Bogle and asked the audience to go to RUclips and search for this video. Here I am... and its amazing to listen this from Johnny Cash whom I listened when I was growing up in Turkey / Istanbul.
His show was so good, i wish we had talent like this on tv now instead of what we have now.
Beautiful!! A jumbuck is a big merino sheep but other than that, such a lovely rendition thank you Johnny!
Ah, this brings back memories. We used to sing this at my old Montessori school. I had not a care in the world for the entirety of my first through third grade years. I remember when I used to be an active wholesome innocent chid who liked school. Literally my school was the incarnation of a wholesome dreamland. The students would randomly brake out in song and we would just play all day everyday and hug trees. Good times.
Ever since I heard this song, my mouth has always watered for some succulent jumbuck.
Love it ! Love the Aussies!!! Great culture. Hope they never change!
So sad 3 years later with mass Islamic migration we are changing.
I can’t believe I’ve never heard this!!!
Best Country ever 🇦🇺
None better
Use to be.
Amen to that
🇦🇺
This has to be one of the best songs ever. Sung by a great artist.
He only sang half the song.
@@monique8641 Get over your problem with Johnny Cash. His baritone voice is rare and a gift. If you can’t appreciate it then please research vocal ranges. Johnny Cash was almost unparalleled - few people including Elvis could compete. As for the rendition of Waltzing Matilda lots of people have done it. Including the icon that is Kylie Minogue. Check it out ruclips.net/video/3_a2W0dEj_Y/видео.html
Slim was brilliant and many others. But this does not diminish Johnny Cash’s legacy or his talent.
Omg I never new that this existed I’m so glad found it
A Billy is short for Billican here in the Uk which is probably the same in OZ, which is a small saucepan with a wire handle that folds down when not in use. They usually are supplied in threes which fit one inside eachother to save room. The biggest one is used for boiling water to wash up after cooking.
Anyway great song great singer.
I thought a jumbuck was a sheep? And that’s why the squatter mounted on his thoroughbred wanted to take the jolly swag man, for stealing a farmers jumbuck! 😂
Love Johnny Cash.... RIP from Australia mate.
Thank You JOHNNY CASH! Great interpretation.
Even though he only sang half of the song - and couldn't get the translations right?
@@monique8641you are on quite a mission aren’t you? Multiple posts rubbishing this wonderful attempt by Cash to highlight this wonderful song. His baritone pitch is not to be underestimated. He hits low notes most of us would be gasping to replicate with ease.
Amo questa canzone!la versione di Johnny e molto bella!rip...in pace amore...😊😊😍😍😇😇💘💘💘🙏🙏
One of my favorite singers sing waltzing Matilda! YESSS!!!!
Johnny Cash❤rest in peace
Firstly, water is boiled in a billy and this is to make tea- always with a gum leaf added, a jumbuck is a sheep. Coolibah- is a common mispronounciation of Eucalyptus coolabah and coolibah is the spelling Banjo Patterson used when he first wrote the poem. I have always pronounced it coolabah. The title "Waltzing Matilda" was Australian slang for travelling on foot with one's belongings in a (swag) slung over one's back. ... 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 jumbuck (sheep) to eat. When the jumbuck's owner, a squatter (landowner), and three troopers (mounted policemen) pursue the swagman for theft, he declares "You'll never catch me alive!" and drowns himself in a nearby billabong (watering hole), to avoid being captured after which his ghost haunts the site. The song strikes a chord with Australians because it is deeply imbedded in our psyche to defy authority and which the song is clearly about. That being said, I wish Johnny had sung the whole aong because the part Australian's get all teary and proud about is when the Swagman drowns himself rather than be captured by the enemy (police) "And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong:
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me."
I think Australia desperately needs a bit of anarchy at the moment. Especially Victoria.
EXACTLY cobber
So beautiful, that they stayed together until the end 😍
Look up Slim Dusty's version. It contains all the lyrics. It's a story of a free man that travelled carrying all he owned from farm to farm looking for work and camped along his way. When he stole the sheep and the police caught him, he prefered to drown than give up his freedom and go to jail for sheep stealing.
4 an american he sang this very well.from Australian thank you Mr cash for singing our song.😘
Being an Aussie myself I have to say... THIS ROX!!
That ain't Aussie. This is Aussie - "farkin bewdy"
2;28mins Johnny Cash, "a jump buck is halfway bt a jackrabbit and a deer" bloody flamin hilarious! 😅. R I P. 💐💐Johnny Cash.💐 🌴🇫🇯🌺🇦🇺🌹😎
Love Johnny Cash. Fond Memories at age 7 and 8. Love he and June!
I never knew Johnny cash sang irish music i just learned famous country legend love singing irish music great job becuse i love irish music and county music and good rocknroll. Oct 2020
It's an Aussie song, not irish
not an irish song it is a true blue aussie song
Actually, a 'billy' is the tin can used to boil tea or whatever in over an open fire...often a tin can was saved and refurbished with a wire handle to be used as a tea billy
Einfach nur klasse. Heute mit einer großen Lupe kaum noch zu finden.
R.I.P u bloody legend imma Aussie we have some good singers but man nothing will beat u Johnny cash
Song for the day. "Waltzing Matilda" is Australia's most widely known bush ballad. A folk song, the song has been referred to as "the unofficial national anthem of Australia".
The title is Australian slang for travelling by foot with one's goods (waltzing, derived from the German auf der Walz) in a "Matilda" (bag) slung over one's back. The song narrates the story of an itinerant worker, or "swagman", making a drink of tea at a bush camp and capturing a sheep to eat. When the sheep's owner arrives with three police officers to arrest the worker for the theft, the worker commits suicide by drowning himself in the nearby watering hole, after which his ghost haunts the site.
The original lyrics were written in 1895 by poet and nationalist Banjo Paterson. It was first published as sheet music in 1903. Extensive folklore surrounds the song and the process of its creation, to the extent that the song has its own museum, the Waltzing Matilda Centre in Winton, Queensland. In 2012, to remind Australians of the song's significance, Winton organized the inaugural Waltzing Matilda Day to be held on 6 April, the anniversary of its first performance.
The song was first recorded in 1926 as performed by John Collinson and Russell Callow.] In 2008, this recording of "Waltzing Matilda" was added to the Sounds of Australia registry in the National Film and Sound Archive which says that there are more recordings of "Waltzing Matilda" than any other Australian song. The Australian poet Banjo Paterson wrote the words to "Waltzing Matilda" in January 1895 while staying at a bush station in western Queensland, the Dagworth Homestead near Winton owned by the Macpherson family. The words were written to a tune recited by 21 year-old Christina Macpherson, one of the family members at the station. Macpherson had been taken with "The Craigielee March" which she heard played by a military band while attending the Warrnambool steeplechase horse racing in Victoria during 1894, and played it back by ear at Dagworth. Paterson decided that the music would be a good piece to set lyrics to, and produced the original version during the rest of his stay at the station and in Winton
Glossary
The lyrics contain many distinctively Australian English words, some now rarely used outside of the song. These include:
waltzing - derived from the German term auf der Walz, which means to travel while working as a craftsman and learn new techniques from other masters before returning home after three years and one day, a custom which is still in use today among carpenters.
Matilda - a romantic term for a swagman's bundle. See below, "Waltzing Matilda".
Waltzing Matilda - from the above terms, "to waltz Matilda" is to travel with a swag, that is, with all one's belongings on one's back wrapped in a blanket or cloth
swagman - a man who travelled the country looking for work. The swagman's "swag" was a bed roll that bundled his belongings.
billabong - an oxbow lake (a cut-off river bend) found alongside a meandering river.
coolibah tree- a kind of eucalyptus tree which grows near billabongs.
jumbuck - a sheep.
billy - a can for boiling water in, usually 2--3 pints.
tucker bag - a bag for carrying food ("tucker").
troopers - policemen
Squatter - Australian squatters started as early farmers who raised livestock on land which they did not legally have the right to use; in many cases they later gained legal use of the land even though they did not have full possession, and became wealthy thanks to these large land holdings. The squatter's claim to the land may be as uncertain as the swagman's claim to the jumbuck.
thanks. very interesting translation into today's language.
Actually, as an Australian I can say it was just called a Swag, Matilda is just a girls name. The reason it's called Waltzing Matilda is because it shows the lonely life of which everything he ever needs and he has in his life is in that bag. So he affectionately calls her Matilda. The Waltzing is true but many think he got up with the heavy bag and Waltzed with it like his beloved Matilda. It shows the loneliness of swagmen.
Greta Little today they're called swags, but back then they were called a matilda
We're a little late in getting into this thread aussiefirie but like Greta Little I did some interpretation that in my case I guess was off the mark. I had already read or heard everything that kitsus mitsus posted EXCEPT for "billy" being slang for a small tin pot. I had always thought the meaning of "waiting 'till his billy boiled" was that the swagman was boiling "mutton" from a goat. Thus, even though the swagman had at least some meat, a future meal of real mutton was too tempting when compared with his fare of billy-goat which led him to grab the jumbuck. I see I was wrong, but still it would have been quaint way of describing his meal.
kitsus mitsus thank u for saying that the right way.. at lease people can fully understand the peom and turned into a song etc us aussies..
Actual Aussie slang translation
Swagman- early Australian pioneer type person who travelled the land
Billabong - waterhole
Billy-small pot for boiling water over a campfire usually for tea and coffe
Jumbuck-sheep
And the Matilda is German for swag, the waltzing Matilda came about from swagmen using them as dancing partners out bush to entertain themselves whilst out droving as there were no women.
Thanks Karen, pretty sure this is just done for humour & entertainment.
I'm nearly 50, life fan of The man in Black. As an Aussie Hot Shot Fireman ( we are called RAFT here..down under ) Mr Cash, sir a jumbuck is a sheep, not a kangawallafox that you described. From a man who comes home sooty, Vale Mr J Cash
Sorry no fan of song but love Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
Thanks Australia for sharing
And all I wanted all my life was a TV set a truck and a wife and a front row seat to hear old Jonny sing
This is sheer perfection.
Super beautiful song!
I gather “Waltzing Matilda” is not to be confused with “Tennessee Waltz”.
You're right. 'Waltzing Matilda' means to wander all over our land on foot. Back in the day men walked everywhere from farm to farm looking for work of any kind.
To add to Steve, a Matilda was a kind of swag, which is a sleeping mat. Also to take all of your possessions with you. Cash does miss translate a wee bit though. Swaggies aren't necessarily hobos, a billy isn't a stew but rather a small kind of camping pot, a jumbuck is a male sheep.
He did a song about our mate Ned Kelly too.. a true folk singer who obviously had an interest in Australian history and our bush ballads 😁
To think that such an iconic American singer would sing such a classic Aussie song
Wow back then I didn't know anybody even heard of Australia.. Thank you Johnny 🥰
You know, I don’t miss Johnny. He is with me all the time❤
Growing UP Australian for me IS to Be the Swagman and tell the pommie Troopers where to stick their rules! You come a Waltzing Mathilda with me! 😂
No one knows the full official Aussie anthem BUT we ALL know all the verses to "Waltzing Mathilda" and "I still caller Australia Home!" ❤❤❤❤
You did us proud Johnny.
And the man (in Black) played Waltzing Matilda. . . . . . . . .. . Fellow Aussies will get that one
As we stopped to bury our slain :(
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And the band played waltzing matilda
And Shel Silverstein wrote "Boy named Sue" and a lot of Dr Hooks songs.
Yep, gotcha 😉 Proud Brisbane girl watched this with so much pride! 🇦🇺❤️
Loved that man
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kudos for trying mr cash, and i am a bloody huge fan, but no justice was done to this iconic australian folk song.
Been there in Australia. Nice people. Cold beer and pretty shielas . I was in the navy.
LOL...some of his defintions were a bit off the mark....it was great to hear Johnny singing our song....thanks for posting it..Cheers from Down Under...
A swagman carries his swag [bed roll] on his back. His billy is a tin can he boils water in to make a cuppa, [cup of tea]. Coolabah tree not coolibah tree. A jumbuck is a sheep. Left out the last two verses. Oh well.
Surprised he left out the bits the American audience would like most: about defying authority and refusing to be taken alive.
+tSp289 actually that part 100% defines Australia (considering Australia was founded by those that defied Authority ;P )
imlay imlay Not really, it was partly populated by them, but founded by the same authority they defied.
Americans LOVE authority. Are you kidding? These are the people that vote Trump.
You're right, but for the wrong reason. These are the people that vote for the Clinton and Bush dynasties.
***** It's a political song.
so far off with his translations but bless you for even trying! love you jc
Johnny Cash down under 👍🏻!!!! There's no two countries so similar but different. We are brothers an sisters in arms!
The best version ever!
This is great
Without liberty, we are nothing but robots in service to the 'king'. I love the spirit of this song. An anthem for free men of the world. :)
Usually we don’t like Americans doing Australian things but we would like to accept this man with great gratitude
I don't accept his explanation of Waltzing Matilda and don't understand why he only sang half of the song.
Awesome, thanks Johnny.
One mistake a jumpbuck is a shred not a deer but still gotta love Jonny cash
Thanks you legend for this song
From Australia to you thanks mate
*sheep*
A great and proud people the Anzacs that fought well at Gallipoli, so did the Sikh's.
🥀✝️ Lest We Forget
Skip his bla-bla until 1:38
If you compare this here against Judith Durham performances - this here is a complete destruction of the song.
Absolutel Legend
Hats off to Jonny
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