Subject:
Waltzing Matilda
Date: August
20, 1994 02:18
8:45 Emerald, Australia :: 16 JUL 94
Waltzing Matilda
Lyrics by A. B. Paterson
- Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong,
- Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
- And he sang as he sat and watched his billy boiling
- Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
Chorus:
- Waltzing Matilda, Matilda my darling,
- Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me,
- Waltzing Matilda and leading a water bag
- Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
- Along came a jumbuck and he drank from the billabong,
- Down jumped the swagman and he grabbed him with glee,
- And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
- You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.
- Down came the squatter mounted on his thoroughbred,
- Down came the troopers, one, two, three,
- Whose is the jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?
- You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.
- Well up jumped the swagman and he leapt into the billabong,
- He drowned himself by the coolibah tree,
- And his ghost may be heard as you pass by the billabong,
- Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
17:50 Toowong, Australia :: 20 JUL 94
A movement in Australia promotes changing the national anthem to Waltzing
Matilda. The lyrics as printed above differ in some respects from the
way the song is typically sung, however the essentials remain consistent.
A close examination of the lyrics, and a guide to Australian bush slang
reveals a story about a migrant farm/ranch worker [swagman] camped beside
a water hole in a dried-up river bed [billabong]. While waiting for his
tea water to boil in the pot [billy] he whiles away the lonely time by
dancing with his sleeping roll [a matilda, or swag (thus, swagman)].
When a jumbuck [sheep (male, I think)] comes to the billabong for a drink
the fiscally challenged vagrant catches it, hiding it in his tucker bag
[like a duffel bag; tucker means 'food' so a tucker bag literally means
something to carry food in].
The rancher [squatter; unlike North American usage, a squatter in this
context holds legal title to the land he occupies] comes by with the constabulary
[troopers] and questions the jumbuck's owner. The swagman escapes prosecution
and eventual hanging for sheep rustling (referred to as 'duffing' here)
by instead committing suicide.
This doesn't quite seem the most appropriate of anthems to me.
Patrick.
-- Responses Sought --
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$error_message.=$COM_LANG['not_allowed'] . "
";
}
if ($_REQUEST['disc_name'] == '') {
$error_message.=$_REQUEST['r_disc_name'] . "
";
}
if ($_REQUEST['disc_body'] == '') {
$error_message.=$_REQUEST['r_disc_body'] . "
";
}
if ($_REQUEST['disc_email'] != '') {
if (!smcom_is_email($_REQUEST['disc_email'])) {
$error_message.="Invalid email address" . "
";
}
}
return $error_message;
}
function smcom_flood_protection($INPUT) {
global $comments_db_link, $COM_CONF, $COM_LANG;
$result = mysql_query("select time from {$COM_CONF['dbmaintable']} where ip='{$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']}' AND (UNIX_TIMESTAMP( NOW( ) ) - UNIX_TIMESTAMP( time )) < {$COM_CONF['anti_flood_pause']}", $comments_db_link);
if (mysql_num_rows($result)>0) {
$error_message="Flood detected";
return $error_message;
}
$result = mysql_query("select ID from {$COM_CONF['dbmaintable']} where text='{$INPUT['disc_body']}' AND author='{$INPUT['disc_name']}' AND href='{$INPUT['href']}'", $comments_db_link);
if (mysql_num_rows($result)>0) {
$error_message="Flood detected";
return $error_message;
}
return "";
}
function smcom_spam_check($email, $name, $url, $text, $path_to_page, $ip) {
global $COM_CONF, $comments_db_link;
$try = 0;
while (!$valid && $try <= 3) {
// Initialize and verify API key
$akismet = new Akismet($COM_CONF['site_url'], $COM_CONF['akismet_apikey']);
$result = $akismet->isKeyValid();
// Possible values: 'valid', 'invalid', 'no connect'
if ($result != 'valid') {
if (($result == 'invalid')) {
// Invalid key
return 2;
} else {
// Could not connect to the Akismet server
$try++;
}
}
else {
$valid = 1;
}
}
if (!$valid) {
return 3; // Could not connect to the Akismet server
}
// Pass comment info to the class
$akismet->setCommentAuthorEmail($email);
$akismet->setCommentAuthor($name);
$akismet->setCommentAuthorURL($url);
$akismet->setCommentContent($text);
$akismet->setUserIP($ip);
$akismet->setPermalink($COM_CONF['site_url'] . $path_to_page);
$akismet->setCommentType('Comment');
$try = 0;
while ($try <= 3) {
// Check the comment for spam
$result = $akismet->isCommentSpam();
// Possible values: 'false' (not spam), 'true' (spam), 'no connect'
if ($result != 'false') {
if ($result == 'true') {
// The comment is spam
return 1;
} else {
// Could not connect to the Akismet server
$try++;
}
} else {
return 0;
}
}
return 3; // Could not connect to the Akismet server
}
function smcom_add()
{
global $comments_db_link, $COM_CONF, $COM_LANG;
foreach ($_REQUEST as $key => $value) {
if ($key == 'disc_body') {
$comment_text=stripslashes($value);
}
$_REQUEST[$key] = str_replace('<', '<', $_REQUEST[$key]);
$_REQUEST[$key] = str_replace('>', '>', $_REQUEST[$key]);
if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
$_REQUEST[$key] = stripslashes($_REQUEST[$key]);
}
$_REQUEST[$key] = mysql_escape_string($_REQUEST[$key]);
}
$_REQUEST['href'] = str_replace('%2F', '/', $_REQUEST['href']);
$_REQUEST['href'] = str_replace('%3F', '?', $_REQUEST['href']);
$_REQUEST['href'] = str_replace('%26', '&', $_REQUEST['href']);
$_REQUEST['href'] = str_replace('%3D', '=', $_REQUEST['href']);
if ($_REQUEST['dont_show_email'] != '') { $dont_show="1"; }
else { $dont_show="0"; }
$error_message = smcom_check_for_errors();
$error_message .= smcom_flood_protection($_REQUEST);
if ($COM_CONF['ckeck_for_spam']) {
if (!$error_message) {
$spam_check_result = smcom_spam_check($_REQUEST['disc_email'], $_REQUEST['disc_name'], "", $comment_text, $_REQUEST['href'], "");
if ($spam_check_result == 1) {
$error_message .= "
Your comment suspected as spam.";
mysql_query("INSERT INTO {$COM_CONF['dbjunktable']} VALUES (NULL, NOW(), '{$_REQUEST['href']}', '{$_REQUEST['disc_body']}', '{$_REQUEST['disc_name']}', '{$_REQUEST['disc_email']}', '$dont_show', '{$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']}')", $comments_db_link);
}
if ($spam_check_result == 2) {
$error_message .= "
Invalid WordPress API key";
}
if ($spam_check_result == 3) {
$error_message .= "
Could not connect to the Akismet server";
}
}
}
if ($error_message) {
print "The following errors occured:
$error_message
Please
get back and try again.";
return 0;
}
mysql_query("INSERT INTO {$COM_CONF['dbmaintable']} VALUES (NULL, NOW(), '{$_REQUEST['href']}', '{$_REQUEST['disc_body']}', '{$_REQUEST['disc_name']}', '{$_REQUEST['disc_email']}', '$dont_show', '{$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']}')", $comments_db_link);
if ($_REQUEST['email_me'] != '' && $_REQUEST['disc_email'] != '') {
$result = mysql_query("select COUNT(*) from {$COM_CONF['dbemailstable']} where href='{$_REQUEST['href']}' AND email='{$_REQUEST['disc_email']}'", $comments_db_link);
list ($count) = mysql_fetch_row($result);
if ($count == 0) {
$hash=md5($email . $COM_CONF['copy_random_seed']);
mysql_query("INSERT INTO {$COM_CONF['dbemailstable']} VALUES (NULL, '{$_REQUEST['disc_email']}', '{$_REQUEST['href']}', '$hash')", $comments_db_link);
}
}
if ($COM_CONF['email_admin']) {
smcom_notify_admin($_REQUEST['href'], $_REQUEST['disc_name'], $_REQUEST['disc_email'], $comment_text, "{$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']}, {$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']}");
}
smcom_notify_users($_REQUEST['href'], $_REQUEST['disc_name'], $_REQUEST['disc_email']);
header("HTTP/1.1 302");
header("Location: {$COM_CONF['site_url']}{$_REQUEST['href']}");
print "
Click here to get back.";
}
function smcom_notify_admin($href, $name, $email, $text, $ip)
{
global $comments_db_link, $COM_CONF, $COM_LANG;
$headers = "From: Comments <{$COM_CONF['email_from']}>\r\n";
$text_of_message="
{$COM_LANG['email_new_comment']} {$COM_CONF['site_url']}$href
{$COM_LANG['email_from']}: $name <$email>
$text
$ip
";
mail($COM_CONF['email_admin'], "{$COM_LANG['email_new_comment']} $href", $text_of_message, $headers);
}
function smcom_notify_users($href, $name, $email_from)
{
global $comments_db_link, $COM_CONF, $COM_LANG;
$headers = "From: Comments <{$COM_CONF['email_from']}>\n";
$result=mysql_query("select email, hash from {$COM_CONF['dbemailstable']} where href='$href'", $comments_db_link);
while (list($email, $hash) = mysql_fetch_row($result)) {
if ($email != $email_from) {
$text_of_message="
{$COM_LANG['email_new_comment']} {$COM_CONF['site_url']}$href
{$COM_LANG['email_from']}: $name
{$COM_LANG['email_to_unsubscribe']}
{$COM_CONF['site_url']}{$COM_CONF['script_url']}?action=unsub&page=$href&id=$hash
";
mail($email, "{$COM_LANG['email_new_comment']} $href",$text_of_message, $headers);
}
}
}
function smcom_unsub()
{
global $comments_db_link, $COM_CONF, $COM_LANG;
$id=mysql_escape_string($_REQUEST['id']);
$href=mysql_escape_string($_REQUEST['page']);
mysql_query("delete from {$COM_CONF['dbemailstable']} where href='$href' AND hash='$id'", $comments_db_link);
if (mysql_affected_rows() > 0) {
print "{$COM_LANG['unsubscribed']}";
}
else {
print "{$COM_LANG['not_unsubscribed']}";
}
}
function smcom_view()
{
global $comments_db_link, $COM_CONF, $COM_LANG;
$request_uri = mysql_escape_string($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
$result = mysql_query("select time, text, author, email, dont_show_email from {$COM_CONF['dbmaintable']} where href='$request_uri' order by time {$COM_CONF['sort_order']}", $comments_db_link);
$comments_count=0;
$time=$text=$author=$email=$dont_show_email=array();
while (list($time[$comments_count], $text[$comments_count], $author[$comments_count], $email[$comments_count], $dont_show_email[$comments_count])=mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$text[$comments_count] = wordwrap($text[$comments_count], 75, "\n", 1);
$time[$comments_count] = smcom_format_date($time[$comments_count]);
$comments_count++;
}
require("{$COM_CONF['full_path']}/templates/{$COM_CONF['template']}.php");
}
function smcom_format_date($date)
{
global $COM_LANG;
$year = substr($date, 0, 4);
$month = intval(substr($date, 5, 2)) - 1;
$day = substr($date, 8, 2);
$hour = substr($date, 11, 2);
$min = substr($date, 14, 2);
return "$day {$COM_LANG['months'][$month]} $year, $hour:$min";
}
function smcom_is_email($Addr)
{
$p = '/^[a-z0-9!#$%&*+-=?^_`{|}~]+(\.[a-z0-9!#$%&*+-=?^_`{|}~]+)*';
$p.= '@([-a-z0-9]+\.)+([a-z]{2,3}';
$p.= '|info|arpa|aero|coop|name|museum)$/ix';
return preg_match($p, $Addr);
}
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