Contents

Waddle-ee-atch-a
We’re Here
We're on the Upward Trail
When I first Came to this Wondrous Land
Where Have all the Flowers Gone?
Won't You Come With Me
Witch Doctor
Waltzing Matilda
We're Glad You Brought us Here
The Worm Song

Waddle-ee-atch-a

Waddle-ee-atch-a, waddle-ee-atch-a
Doodle-ee-do, Doodle-ee-do,
Waddle-ee-atch-a, waddle-ee-atch-a
Doodle-ee-do, Doodle-ee-do,
Simplest song, there’s nothin’ much to it,
All you’ve got to do is doodle-ee-do it
I like the rest, but the part I like best goes,
Doodle-ee-doodle-ee-do, toot toot.

We’re Here

1. We are so glad to welcome you, Our friends from far and near,
And now we’ll tell you one and all, the readon why we’re here.

CH: We’re here because we’re here because we’re here because we’re here.
We’re here because we’re here because we’re here because we’re here.

2. We hope we have been understood, we’be tried to make it plain,
But as there may be some who doubt, we’ll tell them once again.

We're on the Upward Trail

We're on the upward trail,
We're on the upward trail;
Singing as we go, Scouting bound.

We're on the upward trail,
We're on the upward trail;
Singing, singing, everybody singing, Scouting bound.

When I first Came to this Wondrous Land

1. When I first came to this wondrous land,
I was not a wealthy man,
So I got myself a farm,
And I called it muscle in my arm,
And I called my farm, muscle in my arm.

CH: And the land was sweet and good,
And I did what I could.

2. When I first came to this wondrous land,
I was not a wealthy man,
So I got myself a chack,
And I called it breaking my back,
And I called my shack, breaking my back.
And I called my farm muscle in my arm.

3. Wife - love of my life.

4. Cow - no milk now.

Where Have all the Flowers Gone?

1. Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing.
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago.
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls picked them, everyone.

CH: When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

2. Where have all the young girls gone? ...
Gone to young men, everyone.

3. Where have all the young men gone? ...
Gone to soldiers, everyone.

4. Where have all the soldiers gone? ...
Gone to graveyards, everyone.

5. Where have all the graveyards gone? ...
Gone to flowers, everyone.

6. Where have all the flowers gone? ...
Young girls picked them, everyone.

Won't You Come With Me

1. Won't you come with me, to my Father's house;
To my Father's house, to my Father's house.
Won't you come with me, to my Father's house.
There is peace, peach, peace.

2. There's sweet contentment there, in my Father's house, ...

3. There'll be no parting there, in my Father's house, ...

Witch Doctor

1. I told the witch doctor, I was in love with you.
I told the witch doctor, I was in love with you.
And then the witch doctor, he told me what to do.
He said that:

CH: oo ee oo ah ah, ting tang walla walla bing bang;
oo ee oo ah ah, ting tang walla walla bing bang.
oo ee oo ah ah, ting tang walla walla bing bang;
oo ee oo ah ah, ting tang walla walla bing bang.

2. I told the witch doctor you didn't love me true.
I told the witch doctor you didn't love me nice.
An then the witch doctor, he gave me this advice.
He said that:

3. You've been keeping love from me just like you were a miser,
And I'll admit I wasn't very smart.
So I went out and found myself a gril that's so much nicer,
And he taught me the way to win your heart:

4. My friend, the witch doctor, he taught me what to say.
My friend, the witch doctor, he taught me what to do.
I know that you'll be mine when I say this to you (Oh, Baby).

Waltzing Matilda

Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong,
Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled,
"Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?"
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled,
"Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?"

Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong:
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee.
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker-bag,
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me."
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker-bag,
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me."

Up rode a squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred;
Down came the troopers, one, two, three:
"Who's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker-bag?
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me!
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.
Who's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker-bag?
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me!"

Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong;
"You'll never catch me alive!" said he;
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me!
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me!"
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me!"


* swagman: an intinerant farmhand, carrying his "swag" (his blankets) rolled into a cylinder
* billabong: a creek (normally with a pronounced "oxbow" bend)
* coolibah tree: a eucalypt (gum) tree )
* waited till his billy boiled: a billy is a tin can used to heat water over a campfire to make tea
* jumbuck: sheep
* tucker-bag: bag or box used to store food
* squatter: farmer/grazier who simply found good land and took possession; some became extremely rich
* trooper: policeman or soldier on horseback

We're Glad You Brought us Here

We're glad you brought us here;
We're glad you brought us here;
We hope you'll bring us back again;
We're glad you brought us here.

The Worm Song

1. Nobody likes me, everybody hates me,
I'm going to eat some worms.

CH: Short fat juicy ones, ling slim slimy ones,
Itsy-bitsy, fuzzy wuzzy worms.

CH: Big fat juicy ones, long skinny slimy ones,
Gee how they tickle with they squirm.

2. First you get a bucket, then you get a shovel,
Oh, how they wiggle and squirm.

3. First you bite the head off, they you suck the guts out,
Oh, how they wiggle and squirm.

4. Down goes the first one, down goes the second one,
Oh, how they wiggle and squirm.

5. Up comes the first one, up comes the second one,
Oh, how they wiggle and squirm.

Return to Index