Sidste år (2024) udgav vi albummet “50 Years Late”, som er et album jeg kunne have udgivet for 50 år siden.
Det gjorde jeg ikke.
1974 rejste jeg i stedet med min lille familie til Australien, hvor jeg arbejdede som landmåler nogle år. Det gav mit liv en ny retning, og jeg fik australske venner.
Jeg har besøgt dem flere gange siden og tager derned igen til januar for at fejre vores 50 år gamle venskab.
Derfor har Jon og jeg taget fat på denne fine australske sang, som en kærlig hilsen til vennerne down under.
Tekst
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
And he sang as he watched and waited ’til his billy boiled
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”.
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”
And he sang as he watched and waited ’til his billy boiled,
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”.
Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong,
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee,
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”.
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”.
Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred,
Down came the troopers, one, two, three,
“With that jolly jumbuck you’ve got in your tucker bag?”
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”.
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda”You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”
“Where’s that jolly jumbuck you’ve got in your tucker bag?”,
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”.
Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong,
“You’ll never catch me alive”, said he,
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”.
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me.”
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me.”
Titel: Waltzing Matilda
Tekst & musik: Banjo Paterson & Christina MacPherson
Artist: Arena Luanda
Sang: Arne Lund
Trommer, bas, slide guitar: Jon Kjærran
Kor, akustisk guitar: Arne Lund
Producer: Jon Kjærran
Studie: Arena Luanda
Cover design: Arne Lund
Mastering: Holger Lagerfeldt
Label: Arena Luanda/202502
ISRC: DK-KL2-25-00201
Udgivelse: 30. juni 2025