Once a Jolly Swagman was created in 1949.
Once a Jolly Swagman - 1949 is rated/received certificates of: Sweden:15 West Germany:16
In the song "Waltzing Matilda," the swagman is the one who sleeps under the coolibah tree. He is a drifter who carries his belongings, or "swag," in a bag known as a "Matilda," and he meets a tragic end in the song.
there is a song waltzing Matilda that metions a jolly swagman the song is about a swagman who camps by a billabong (Australian river) and a jumbuck (Australian word for sheep) and when the owner finds his sheep the swagman refuses to give it back so the owner kills the swagman and now you hear his ghost as you walk past that billabong!
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong "under the shade of a coolibah tree".
Three,ya Mug.....
There was one squatter, 'mounted on his thoroughbred'. He was helped by three troopers.
Swagman Restaurant was created in 1972.
Up Jumped a Swagman was created in 1965.
The Swagman's Story was created on 1914-03-02.
A squatter. No, it was a 'jolly swagman'.
The Jolly Swagman in Waltzing Matilda
According to A.B. (Banjo) Paterson, the ghost of a jolly swagman may be heard, as it sings in the billabong.