101 Uses For is popular and let's hope it stays that way. Our second book is presently called 101 tips for self sufficiency; we will certainly dip into this section for ideas. So post away and let's try and get at least one thread up to 101.
Oh my word! Just googled the lyrics! I remember singing this song. Sounds like it could be quite rude
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 boil,
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 watched and waited till his billy boil
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
Down came a jumbuck to drink at that 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 the squatter mounted on his thorough-bred
Down came the troopers One Two Three
Whose 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
Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker-bag
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
Up jumped the swagman sprang in to 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.
Ahem, I shall try and ignore the previous musical interlude.
A bunyip is a creature, reported by the aboriginals that lives in billabongs and eats people. They are supposed to be quite large and somewhat ferocious.
While I have never seen one myself, I did get chased by one once. (long story).
I got caught by a Tanewha once. Bloody painful where he grabbed me too, but he dived under the bed and disappeared when my father came in with a lit candle.
Snap tin = lunch box (uk northern and coal mining areas)
Lunch box = a mans tackle - (U.S English I think)
Tackle - what you go fishing with or lunchbox (see above)
Now to talk Shakespearian English I could never get the hang of the word Base as in -
My mind as generous, and my shape as true,
As honest madam's issue?
Why brand they us
With base? with baseness? bastardy? base, base?