Original sentence: As the skin was worth as much as a live sheep, the owner did not suffer much of a loss.During the Great Depression, notices were often attached to a property fences stating something like " If you must kill a sheep, please drape the skin neatly on the fence".Like many ballets and other artistic works the plot is ridiculous, as except for the very earliest years of settlement when Governor Arthur Philip told the convicts that the livestock was precious, and that the life of a sheep was worth the life of a convict, no swagman would have been punished for killing a sheep to eat.Paterson sold the rights to "Waltzing Matilda" and "some other pieces" to Angus and Robertson Publishers for five pounds (the then-currency).The Australia women's national soccer team, are nicknamed the Matildas, after this song.The song concerns the Australian experience at the Battle of Gallipoli and ANZAC Day
Edited sentence: Paterson sold the rights to "Waltzing Matilda" and "some other pieces" to Angus & Robertson Publishers for five pounds (the then-currency).The Australian women's national soccer team is nicknamed the Matildas after this song.The song concerns the Australian experience at the Battle of Gallipoli and Anzac Day