Ka pai Abbie for bringing in your awesome 'Waltzing Matilda' book to share as your treasure.
According to culturetrip.com...
Australia’s best-known bush ballad and unofficial national anthem was written in January 1895 by Andrew Barton (Banjo) Paterson (1864-1941). Written to the tune of ‘The Craigielee March’, ‘Waltzing Matilda’ has seen several versions of lyrics released over the last century; however, all hold the same historical significance relating to the hardships of the Australian outback.
What Does ‘Waltzing Matilda’ Mean?‘Waltzing Matilda’ is an iconic song featuring classic Aussie slang in both the lyrics and the title. The term ‘Waltzing’ is slang for travelling on foot, and often you will be travelling with your belongings in a ‘Matilda’.
Sing-a-long time folks...
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ReplyDeleteWe think bringing a 'treasure' book from home is a great idea and we love how you get to share them all together.
Thank you for sharing the interesting facts about Waltzing Matilda.
We loved listening to the song to.
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Koromiko
Kia ora Koromiko,
DeleteThank you for commenting on this post :)
We get to share so many different books that are important to us and Mrs T loves investigating the stories with us - especially behind the origins of the tale!
We really like it if we can sing too so lots of our sharing books have CD's with them!
We wonder what books are your favourite treasures?
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Te Kākano