This poem describes a hobo who drowns himself after being accosted by a Trooper inquiring about the jumbuck in a Tucker bag.
It first appeared in a 1917 collection entitled Saltbush Bill, J.P., and Other Verses. This poem describes a hobo who drowns himself after being accosted by a Trooper inquiring about the jumbuck in a Tucker bag. It starts when a jolly swagman sits beside a billabong under the shade of a coolibah tree. For 10 points—name this unofficial national anthem of Australia.
It first appeared in a 1917 collection entitled Saltbush Bill, J.P., and Other Verses.
“{Waltzing Matilda}”