Swinging The Lead Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAAA BBBAA CCCAA DDDAA| Said the soldier to the Surgeon I've got noises in me head | A |
| And a kind o' filled up feeling after every time I'm fed | A |
| I can sleep all night on picket but I can't sleep in my bed | A |
| And the Surgeon said | A |
| That's Lead | A |
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| Said the soldier to the Surgeon Do you think they'll send me back | B |
| For I really ain't adapted to be carrying a pack | B |
| Though I've humped a case of whisky half a mile upon my back | B |
| And the Surgeon said | A |
| That's Lead | A |
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| And my legs have swelled up cruel I can hardly walk at all | C |
| Bur when the Taubes come over you should see me start to crawl | C |
| When we're sprinting for the dugout I can easy beat 'em all | C |
| And the Surgeon said | A |
| That's Lead | A |
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| So they sent him to the trenches where he landed safe and sound | D |
| And he drew his ammunition just about two fifty round | D |
| Oh Sergeant what's this heavy stuff I've got to hump around | D |
| And the Sergeant said | A |
| That's Lead | A |
Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
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