Jimmy Sago, Jackaroo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCC DDEC FFECC GGEC HHEHH| Air Wearing of the Green | A |
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| If you want a situation I'll just tell you the plan | B |
| To get on to a station I am just your very man | B |
| Pack up the old portmanteau and label it Paroo | C |
| With a name aristocratic Jimmy Sago Jackaroo | C |
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| When you get on to the station of small things you'll make a fuss | D |
| And in speaking of the station mind it's we and ours and us | D |
| Boast of your grand connections and your rich relations too | E |
| And your own great expectations Jimmy Sago Jackaroo | C |
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| They will send you out on horseback the boundaries to ride | F |
| But run down a marsupial and rob him of his hide | F |
| His scalp will fetch a shilling and his hide another two | E |
| Which will help to fill your pockets Jimmy Sago Jackaroo | C |
| Yes to fill your empty pockets Jimmy Sago Jackaroo | C |
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| When the boss wants information on the men you'll do a sneak | G |
| And don a paper collar on your fifteen bob a week | G |
| Then at the lamb marking a boss they'll make of you | E |
| Now that's the way to get on Jimmy Sago Jackaroo | C |
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| A squatter in the future I've no doubt you may be | H |
| But if the banks once get you they'll put you up a tree | H |
| To see you humping bluey I know would never do | E |
| 'Twould mean good bye to our new chum Jimmy Sago Jackaroo | H |
| Yes good bye to our new chum Jimmy Sago Jackaroo | H |
Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
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