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André Rieu - Waltzing Matilda, live in Australia

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For concert dates and tickets visit: http://www.andrerieu.com http://www.facebook.com/andrerieu http://www.twitter.com/andrerieu https://plus.google.com/+andrerieu André Rieu & his Johann Strauss Orchestra performing Waltzing Matilda live in Melbourne, Australia in front of a record audience of 38,605, the biggest attendance of any Rieu show anywhere in the world. A giant, life-size reproduction of Vienna s cream and orange Schonbrunn Castle dominated the eastern end of the Dome. Giant candelabras flickered over the heads of Rieu and his Johann Strauss orchestra and chorus. "It was an overwhelming experience. The warmth of the audience was overpowering." André Rieu billed his show as "a romantic Viennese night" and it was all of this and more. Dancers twirled on two 600m ice rinks and from palace balconies and in a ballroom scene. Fountains cascaded and splashed around classical sculptures on either end of the huge stage. Taken from the DVD André Rieu Live in Australia . ............................................................ Original Waltzing Matilda Lyrics: 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. ............................................................

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