Andrew Barton Peterson

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    Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
    Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
    And he sang as he watched and waited while his billy boiled:
    ‘Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?’
    Andrew Barton Peterson (1864–1941)

    Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
    Under the shade of a coolibah tree;
    —Andrew Barton Peterson (1864–1941)

    Strike on your drummes, spread out your ancyents!
    Sound out your trumpetts, sound out amaine!
    —Unknown. Sir Andrew Barton. . .

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    Saint Andrews crosse, that is his guide;
    —Unknown. Sir Andrew Barton. . .

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    [On being told that “every woman should stand with bared head before Susan B. Anthony”:] Yes, and every man as well.
    —Clara Barton (1821–1912)

    Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
    Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
    And he sang as he watched and waited while his billy boiled:
    ‘Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?’
    —Andrew Barton Peterson (1864–1941)