Editing Waltzing Matilda (section)

===Derivative musical works===
* During the 1950s, a parody of the original entitled "Once a Learned Doctor" gained some currency in Australian university circles. It featured lyrics rewritten with reference to the split in the [[Australian Labor Party]] in the period 1954 to 1957.<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQ_OIaxK7gMC&q=%22Once+a+learned+doctor%22+labor&pg=PA57|chapter=Chapter 4: Beating the Bolshoi|title=Beautiful Lies: Australia from Menzies to Howard|last=Griffith|first=Tony|year=2005|publisher=Wakefield Press|location=Australia|isbn=1-86254-590-1|pages=57–58}}</ref>
* In 1961, Australian songwriter [[Jack O'Hagan]] provided new lyrics to the traditional tune, titled "[[God Bless Australia]]" (see that article for its lyrics), which he hoped would become the [[Australian national anthem]].<ref>{{Cite book|pages=427–428|last=Bebbington|first=Warren|title=The Oxford Companion to Australian Music|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1997}}</ref>
* [[Eric Bogle]]'s 1971 song "[[And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda]]" relates the story of a former swagman whose comrades got killed in the [[Gallipoli campaign]] and who himself lost his legs. The end of the song includes a fragment of "Waltzing Matilda".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/04/19/1019020705613.html|title=Secret life of Matilda|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=20 April 2002|first=Jon|last=Casimir}}</ref>
* [[Rambling Syd Rumpo]] (played by [[Kenneth Williams]]) in the late 1960s BBC radio programme ''[[Round the Horne]]'' did a parody of "Waltzing Matilda" beginning "Once long ago in the shade of a goolie bush..."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://freespace.virgin.net/a.del-manso/RamblingSyd'sGanderbag.html|title=Rambling Syd's Ganderbag|publisher=Freespace.virgin.net|access-date=7 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927223312/http://freespace.virgin.net/a.del-manso/RamblingSyd'sGanderbag.html|archive-date=27 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''The Family Car Songbook'' (1983) presents a "translation" of the song into an "American" version, using the same tune.<ref>Mossman, Tam. (1983). ''The Family Car Song Book''. Philadelphia: Running Press.</ref>
* [[Tom Waits]]' 1976 song "[[Tom Traubert's Blues]]" incorporates elements of "Waltzing Matilda".<ref>Humphries, Patrick (2007). ''The Many Lives of Tom Waits''. p. 91</ref>
*Australian composer Harry Sdraulig's "Fantasia on Waltzing Matilda" (2020) was composed for [[Yo-Yo Ma]] and [[Kathryn Stott]].<ref>{{YouTube|K9Ac6xryUBM|Fantasia on Waltzing Matilda}}, [[Yo-Yo Ma]] (cello), [[Kathryn Stott]] (piano)</ref>
*Australian violinist [[Ray Chen]]'s album ''The Golden Age'', nominated for an [[ARIA Music Award]], concludes with an arrangement for string quartet by fellow "Made in Berlin" quartet member Stephan Koncz.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/14772578-Ray-Chen-The-Golden-Age|title=Ray Chen – The Golden Age|publisher=Discogs|access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="ARIAClassical">{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/awards/past-winners/2018|title=2018 ARIA Awards Winners|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref>