The lyrics of Waltzing Matilda are actually rather morbid, but it's hard to tell because they're couched in late 19th century Australian slang.
From the Wikipedia article: "The song narrates the story of an itinerant worker, or 'swagman', making a drink of tea at a bush camp and capturing a sheep to eat. When the sheep's owner arrives with three police officers to arrest the worker for the theft, the worker commits suicide by drowning himself in the nearby watering hole and then goes on to haunt the site."
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