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Mathilde Bondo

Danish folk vocalist and violinist, best known by her alias [a=Mathilde (2)] and as part of the husband/wife duo [a=Lasse & Mathilde], b. Januar 30, 1956 in Odense. Reputedly she met with Tom Waits in Copenhagen in 1976 and became the object of Waits's "Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets To The Wind In Copenhagen)" w. the refrain "Waltzing Mathilda" adapted from the Australian traditional. She's also referred to as "Lange Lone" in the [a=Kim Larsen] song "Østre Gasværk". Sister of [a1168996]