An odd request - Waltzing Matilda (1 Viewer)

Rob Gillespie · Aug 14, 2004

I'm looking for some good free recorded versions of Waltzing Matilda without vocals. Doesn't matter what the arrangements are, as long as I can edit and use the files on the PC.

If all this sounds weird, I'm authoring a DVD containing various footage of a friend's trip to Australia. I really wanted Waltzing Matilda on the opening menu. The only bits I've managed to find on the web so far have been short, low quality clips.

I never did get into the whole file-sharing and MP3 download scene, so if anyone could get hold of some versions, or at least point me in the right direction I'd be most grateful.

Good on ya!

Rob

MikeH1 · Aug 14, 2004

I have always wondered, is this Austalia's national anthem or is it Advance Australia Fair?

Rob Gillespie · Aug 15, 2004

No, AAF is the national anthem but I think God Save The Queen is played at royal events. Matilda is a kind-of 'unofficial' anthem - quite a nationalistic piece.

francisco-a · Aug 15, 2004

I think if you really need it you can search it on a P2p software under "backing track". I´ve found many files that are only the music, is like a perfect karaoke.
BTW, is Watzing Matilda the same song that Rod Stewart plays in his Unplugged?.

Rob Gillespie · Aug 16, 2004

Yeah, I think Rod does a version on that album. I might look that up actually, always liked old Rod's voice.

Pamela · Aug 16, 2004

The Rod Stewart version of Waltzing Matilda is a remake of the Tom Waits song, Waltzing Matilda. This song is no relation to the unofficial anthem of Australia.

Nick Sievers · Aug 16, 2004

There are a bunch of people who want the national anthem changed to Matilda but it would seem most people don't want an anthem that is about a man thieving sheep.

Sorry, I couldn't find any non-vocal versions of the song.

Rob Gillespie · Aug 17, 2004

That's OK folks, thanks anyway. I decided on a different track in the end and went with 'Australia' by the Manic Street Preachers. I've also done a nice 40 second montage of her parachute drop video to the sound of Tom Petty's 'Free fallin'

Cary_H · Aug 20, 2004

I recall a few short years ago, a long-running feud around any "official" use of WM by the Aussies resurfaced.
The composer of WM was an American, and not an Aussie as you'd think. I recall the dispute is some sort of copyright or ownership thing.

Stu Rosen · Aug 21, 2004

Actually, the Tom Waits song, though it references "Waltzing Matilda," is actually called "Tom Traubert's Blues."

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