The Wonderful Aussie Waler Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDDEEE FFDDEBBGGE EEHIEJJKKE EELLEMMAAE NNOOEEEIIE PPQQEBBRRE| When Allenby's Army smashed the Turk | A |
| Who was the bloke who did all the work | A |
| The Aussie knows and he'll tell you straight | B |
| That most of the job was done by his mate | B |
| The wonderful Aussie Waler | C |
| It was umpty nine in the shade each day | D |
| And the wells were spoiled in the Turkish way | D |
| But with nothing to eat and plenty to do | E |
| The heart of the Waler carried him through | E |
| The wonderful wonderful Waler | E |
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| For ten long weeks through the desert hot | F |
| He plugged along and all that he got | F |
| Was a drink or not a drink a day | D |
| But did the stamina once give way | D |
| Of the wonderful Aussie Waler | E |
| Was he the one to desert his mate | B |
| Just watch him coming up the straight | B |
| With twenty stone of harness and man | G |
| No wonder the Turk was an also ran | G |
| With the wonderful wonderful Waler | E |
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| When drinks were not and feeds were few | E |
| There still was his harness that he could chew | E |
| With a nibble or two at another's mane | H |
| He plucked up heart to march again | I |
| The wonderful Aussie Waler | E |
| And when everything edible seemed to be stale | J |
| A hair or two from a neighbour's tail | J |
| Makes a pleasant meal and there's no doubt | K |
| They took it turn and turn about | K |
| The wonderful wonderful Waler | E |
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| A great Australian through and through | E |
| There's a good time coming old horse for you | E |
| There's a paddock green with grass to your knees | L |
| And there you shall roll at your lordly ease | L |
| My wonderful Aussie Waler | E |
| With a gallop or two to keep you fit | M |
| And won't it bring back the thrill of it | M |
| There 're no more hardships and little work | A |
| For the cobber who broke the heathen Turk | A |
| My wonderful wonderful Waler | E |
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| But what is that the orders tell | N |
| This mate of mine they're going to sell | N |
| To the old home paddock you'll never come back | O |
| They are selling you as a local's hack | O |
| My wonderful wonderful Waler | E |
| The times together that we've been through | E |
| When all that I had in the world was you | E |
| Out there Out there in a world of men | I |
| You were more than wife or sweetheart then | I |
| My wonderful wonderful Waler | E |
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| There was trust and mateship in your eyes | P |
| A horse has no soul All lies I All lies | P |
| And more than a kiss or soft eyes that speak | Q |
| Was your muzzling nose against my cheek | Q |
| You wonderful Aussie Waler | E |
| A life long slavery is your fate | B |
| Not while a mate can still shoot straight | B |
| Your eyes I need a steady hand | R |
| Good bye old chap you understand | R |
| You wonderful wonderful Waler | E |
Arthur Henry Adams
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