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Waltzing Matilda
Waltzing Matilda is on the edge of being a folk song.
Waltzing matilda biography
We know who wrote the words and music. It was in oral circulation for only a short time, but that was a long enough time for varying versions to develop.
The tune was written by Christina McPhearson. It was based on a Scottish song called Thou Bonnie Wood of Craigielea.
McPhearson was not a musician, and a comparison of Waltzing Matilda to the Craigielea tune suggests that she misremembered it enough to create a different tune. One evening, she played the tune on an autoharp for a young lawyer friend, who was something of a poet, Banjo Paterson.
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He wrote words for it. The occasion of the song was apparently a skirmish that took place during a sheep-shearers strike.
The version usually sung today was written by Marie Cowan. A copy of the sheet music was packed with Billy Tea, which helped to spread the song.
Cowan's tune and words differed somewhat fr