Tom Traubert's Blues Lyrics

Lyric discussion by 000/ 

Cover art for Tom Traubert's Blues lyrics by Rod Stewart

I love this song. I remember also my mum and dad telling me that there were Thunder tanks in WW" that were called "Waltzing Matildas" They were big and cumbersome, so they "waltzed a bit when they were driven." Kind of makes you think that the line "Matilda's a defendant, she killed about a hundred, that it could mean the "Waltzing Matilda Tank killing soldiers.