Showing posts with label Waltzing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Waltzing. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Waltzing Matilda

Does this sounds like a familiar song to you? Waltzing Matilda? If not, then let me give you a very brief introduction of the song. The words of this song was written by the Australian poet Banjo Paterson in 1895, and the music was by Christina Macpherson. It was referred to as "the unofficial national anthem of Australia". Its lyrics doesn't say patriotic things like "be proud of your country" or "Ohh say can you see". Instead, it talks about a hobo. I chose this song since I would like to live in the country side, and I feel pitiful for hobos.


You could watch the video above and listen to the song, or you could press on the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEVKUE_ma00
This video also shows the lyrics, so I guess you don't need to go to google to search for the lyrics of this song. But if some place that you're in blocked youtube, or other websites, then you could press on the link below to read the lyrics.
http://www.imagesaustralia.com/waltzingmatilda.htm

And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda

And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda, not a very popular song, written by Eric Bogle, but I hate wars, especially WWI, so I chose it anyway. Not just that I hate wars, I also chose this song since I love the song Waltzing Matilda, and this song contains a part of Waltzing Matilda in the end.

















http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG48Ftsr3OI
If you want to listen to the song, you could click the link above, or you could choose to watch the video below.


http://www.pogues.com/Releases/Lyrics/LPs/RumSodomy/Waltzing.html
If you want to see the lyrics of this song, click the link above.