Old Tin Liz Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCBB DDBB EEFF AAGH IIBB| We have scrubbed and scoured and polished till she's looking just like new | A |
| And her good old engines singing and our hearts are singing too | A |
| While the magpies pipe a chorus and the air's like a sparkling fizz | B |
| And we're going to the races in the Old Tin Liz | B |
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| T'was the first car in the district how we swelled our chests with pride | C |
| As we asked our poorer neighbours to step up and take a ride | C |
| Now they pass us by disdainful in the newest make there is | B |
| Wondering why we cling so faithfully to Old Tin Liz | B |
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| When we'd got her new and shining Oh the picnics that we had | D |
| Mother shredding all her troubles Father larking like a lad | D |
| While we youngsters sang in chorus as our bubbling spirits riz | B |
| Sitting decked with ferns and wattles in the Old Tin Liz | B |
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| But when Janey got a snake bite ah the terror of that day | E |
| Nothing in the house to cure her and the doctor miles away | E |
| 'Twas then Lizzie showed her mettle Oh she had a heart of gold | F |
| Roaring up those flinty ridges liked a blessed two year old | F |
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| And the doctor cured our Janey but the good old car helped too | A |
| She has shared our joys and sorrows and she's always pulled us through | A |
| Carting water in the drought time pulling cattle from the bogs | G |
| Snorting gaily through the paddocks over stones and stumps and logs | H |
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| The the precious hours on sunday coming home from early Mass | I |
| While the air's all hushed and holy and the dew's still on the grass | I |
| Sitting reverent and silent what a blessed time it is | B |
| We are near to Heaven then in the Old Tin Liz | B |
Alice Guerin Crist
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