SWAGMAN/HOBO

[Templar]

IN 1895 A  MUSICIAN PUT SOME WORDS TO AN OLD SCOTISH SONG AND "WALTZING MATILDA" WAS BORN........THE MAN'S NAME WAS BANJO PATTERSON...AND THE SONG GAINED IN FAME UNTIL MANY PEOPLE CAME TO ACCEPT THIS SONG AS AUSTRALIA'S NATIONAL ANTHEM---ESPECIALLY NON AUSTRALIANS---WELL AS POPULAR AS IT IS IT IS NOT THE NATIONAL ANTHEM--I DON'T THINK BUT IT IS STILL MUCH BELOVED------IN THE SONG IS A SWAGMAN---A FREE MAN WHO WANDERS HIS GREAT LAND TO HIS OWN SONG---IN AMERICA THERE IS A MAN WHO WANDERS TO HIS OWN MUSIC ALSO---THAT OF THE TRAINS ROLLING OVER THE TRACKS---HE IS CALLED A HOBO...........IN 1995 AUSTRALIA ISSUED A COIN HONORING BANJO PATTERSON AND HIS SWAGMAN ON THE 100TH CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTH OF THE SONG------I HAD AN AMERICAN NICKEL CARVER DO A CARVING ON THE COIN TO HONOR BOTH CHARACTERS------------I DO HOPE YOU LIKE IT.................

[Triggersmob]

Very nice, Joe.
This Aussie coin was not for circulation, although I did find one in circulation.
The swag is called Matilda, hence the Swagman waltzes his Matilda down the road.

[Templar]

THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION---MORE TO PUT IN MY CLUTTERED MIND----BUT BETTER A CROWDED MIND THAN A BLANK ONE.................

[EgCollector]

Very nice Joe
I really enjoyed the info and the coin
Thanks