Re: Resurfacing from the void with a petty question

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So what was happening in the Tom Waits song of the same name? (And of course
I admit I never knew it meant to take someone to jail.)
Thank you Camille.

I'm assuming you heard it in Waltzing Matilda (`Once a jolly
>swagman camped by a billabong') And, as any good Aussie school kid (and
>practically no one else) knows - to `waltz matilda' meant `to take someone
>to jail'. It's a real shame these distinctly Australian words are beginning
>to fade out under all the cools and awesomes and suchlike.

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