Down Under with Chord/Melody Ukulele – “WALTZING MATILDA”. . . Arranged by Ukulele Mike Lynch . . . contained in the Chord/Melody eBook TWO

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 on foot with one’s belongings (waltzing, derived from the German auf der Walz) in a “Matilda” (swag) 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 organised 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.

Here is a video tutorial I did of Waltzing Matilda

I arranged Waltzing Matilda in a chord/melody format. It’s a great chord/melody piece and stays for the most part up in the first 3 frets of the fingerboard. Let’s take a little peek at some of the tablature below . . .

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Table of contents of Chord/Melody eBook TWO

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