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1 posted on 01/25/2003 12:39:09 PM PST by steplock
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I *KNEW* I should have previewed that!

Ian C. Purdie Budgewoi N.S.W. Australia - Co-ords S33°14', E151°34' VK2TIP "I'll give ya the TIP mate" QRP-L #1978. SOC #171 FP#91

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Waltzing Matilda is, briefly, a song about a tramp who camps by a creek and steals a sheep. Three policemen arrive; rather than submit to capture, the tramp commits suicide by drowning himself in the creek.

It's not exactly in the same league as "The Star-Spangled Banner" or "La Marseillaise", but it's the song that Australians get teary-eyed over when they hear it played a long way from home.

The official anthem, by the way, is Advance Australia Fair



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2 posted on 01/25/2003 12:46:54 PM PST by steplock
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