How The Sailor Rode The Brumby Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDEEFEFGHIH JKLKMNMN OPOPQRQR GHGHSTST HUHUVTVTWLWL XYXYZMZMLA2LA2 B2HB2HKMKM C2D2C2D2MSE2S E2ME2MB2F2MG2| There was an agile sailor lad | A |
| Who longed to know the bush | B |
| So with his swag and billy can | C |
| He said he'd make a push | B |
| He left his ship in Moreton Bay | D |
| And faced the Western run | E |
| And asked his way ten times a day | D |
| And steered for Bandy's Run | E |
| Said Bandy You can start my son | E |
| If you can ride a horse | F |
| For stockmen on the cattle run | E |
| Were wanted there of course | F |
| Now Jack had strode the cross bars oft | G |
| On many a bounding sea | H |
| So reckoned he'd be safe enough | I |
| On any moke you see | H |
| - | |
| They caught him one and saddled it | J |
| And led it from the yard | K |
| It champed a bit and sidled round | L |
| And at the sailor sparred | K |
| Jack towed her to him with a grin | M |
| He eyed her fore and aft | N |
| Then thrust his foot the gangway in | M |
| And swung aboard the craft | N |
| - | |
| The watchers tumbled off the rail | O |
| The boss lay down and roared | P |
| While Jack held tight by mane and tail | O |
| And rocked about on board | P |
| But still he clung as monkeys cling | Q |
| To rudder line and flap | R |
| Although at every bound and spring | Q |
| They thought his neck must snap | R |
| - | |
| They stared to see him stick aloft | G |
| The brum bucked fierce and free | H |
| But he had strode the cross bars oft | G |
| On many a rolling sea | H |
| The saddle from the rolling back | S |
| Went spinning in mid air | T |
| Whilst two big boots were flung off Jack | S |
| And four shoes off the mare | T |
| - | |
| The bridle broke and left her free | H |
| He grasped her round the neck | U |
| We're 'mong the breakers now cried he | H |
| There's bound to be a wreck | U |
| The brumby struck and snorted loud | V |
| She reared and pawed the air | T |
| It was the grandest sight the crowd | V |
| Had ever witnessed there | T |
| For Jack with arms and legs held tight | W |
| The brumby's neck hung round | L |
| And yelled A pilot quick as light | W |
| Or strike me I'm aground | L |
| - | |
| The whites and blacks climbed on the rails | X |
| The boss stood smiling by | Y |
| As Jack exclaimed Away she sails | X |
| The brum began to fly | Y |
| She bounded first against the gate | Z |
| And Jack cried out Astern | M |
| Then struck a whirlpool at any rate | Z |
| That was the sailor's yarn | M |
| The brumby spun him round and round | L |
| She reared and'kicked and struck | A2 |
| And with alternate bump and bound | L |
| In earnest began to buck | A2 |
| - | |
| A tree loomed on the starboard bow | B2 |
| And Port your helm cried he | H |
| She fouled a bush and he roared You scow | B2 |
| And Keep to the open sea | H |
| From ears to tail he rode her hard | K |
| From tail to ears again | M |
| One mile beyond the cattle yard | K |
| And back across the plain | M |
| - | |
| Now high upon the pommel bumped | C2 |
| Now clinging on the side | D2 |
| And on behind the saddle lumped | C2 |
| With arms and legs flung wide | D2 |
| They only laughed the louder then | M |
| When the mare began to back | S |
| Until she struck the fence at last | E2 |
| Then sat and looked at Jack | S |
| - | |
| He gasped I'm safe in port at last | E2 |
| I'll quit your bounding mane | M |
| Dropped off and sang All danger's passed | E2 |
| And Jack's come home again | M |
| Old Jack has been a stockman now | B2 |
| On Bandy's Run for years | F2 |
| Yet memories of that morning's fun | M |
| To many still bring tears | G2 |
Anonymous Oceania
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