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Very cool idea for a vignette and well carried out. It expresses the feeling
and atmosphere of the song really well, the beginning is peaceful and this is
really well reflected in your vignette. I would love to see a series of
vignettes for the remaining part of the song.
On a side note Waltzing Matilda is what they actually called it when they
carried the swag. Also another side note to this interesting song/poem(and
obviously well studied in Australian Schools :D) is the variations in the
song/poem. The variation I learnt started with ‘Once a jolly swagman camped
by a billabong, Under the shade of a coolibah tree’ The version you used is
the original text for the song written in 1984. But there are also a number
of other variations out there but these are the two common ones.
Anita
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Hi Anita,
Thanks for the comment. I was thinking about continuing the song, or at least
the fun bits. Depends on my inspiration levels. This one grew out of a desire to
build some Australian trees.
As to the words: I think you’ll find the version I’ve used is the original
Patterson, whereas the ‘jolly’ version is the more modern song variation (it
fits better too) by Harry Nathan. I learnt the ‘jolly’ version in school
although I have heard the ‘once was’ version before too, probably while studying
poetry at primary school (ages 6-12 for non-Queenslanders).
The National Library of Australia actually has a nice website about the
poem/song here which I looked at
briefly if anyone is interested. Forgot to post it in the original post.
Tim
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