The Beautiful Land Of Australia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABCCCB D EEEB FGGB HIIB D EEEB JJJBKKKB D EEEB LLLBEEEB D EEEB MNNBOOPB D EEEB QRQBEEEB D EEEB| All you on emigration bent | A |
| With home and England discontent | A |
| Come listen to my sad lament | A |
| All about the bush of Australia | B |
| I once possessed a thousand pounds | C |
| Thinks I how very grand it sounds | C |
| For a man to be farming his own grounds | C |
| In the beautiful land of Australia | B |
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| Chorus | D |
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| Illawarra Mittagong | E |
| Parramatta Wollongong | E |
| If you wish to become an ourang outang | E |
| Then go to the bush of Australia | B |
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| Upon the voyage the ship was lost | F |
| In wretched plight I reached the coast | G |
| And was very nigh being made a roast | G |
| By the savages of Australia | B |
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| And in the bush I lighted on | H |
| A fierce bushranger with his gun | I |
| Who borrowed my garments every one | I |
| For himself in the bush of Australia | B |
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| Chorus | D |
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| Illawarra Mittagong | E |
| Parramatta Wollongong | E |
| If you wish to become an ourang outang | E |
| Then go to the bush of Australia | B |
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| Sydney town I reached at last | J |
| And now thinks I all danger's past | J |
| And I shall make my fortune fast | J |
| In this promising land of Australia | B |
| I quickly went with cash in hand | K |
| Upon the map I chose my land | K |
| When I got there 'twas barren sand | K |
| In the beautiful land of Australia | B |
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| Chorus | D |
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| Illawarra Mittagong | E |
| Parramatta Wollongong | E |
| If you wish to become an ourang outang | E |
| Then go to the bush of Australia | B |
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| Of sheep I got a famous lot | L |
| Some died of hunger some of rot | L |
| For the devil a drop of rain they got | L |
| In this flourishing land of Australia | B |
| My convict men were always drunk | E |
| They kept me in a constant funk | E |
| Says I to myself as to bed I slunk | E |
| How I wish I was out of Australia | B |
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| Chorus | D |
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| Booligal Gobarralong | E |
| Emu Flat and Jugiong | E |
| If you wish to become an ourang outang | E |
| Then go to the bush of Australia | B |
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| Of ills enough I've had you'll own | M |
| And then at last my woes to crown | N |
| One night my log house was blown down | N |
| That settled us all in Australia | B |
| And now of home and all bereft | O |
| The horrid spot I quickly left | O |
| Making it over by deed of gift | P |
| To the savages of Australia | B |
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| Chorus | D |
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| Booligal Gobarralong | E |
| Emu Flat and Jugiong | E |
| If you wish to become an ourang outang | E |
| Then go to the bush of Australia | B |
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| I gladly worked my passage home | Q |
| And now to England back I've come | R |
| Determined never more to roam | Q |
| At least to the bush of Australia | B |
| And stones upon the road I'll break | E |
| And earn my seven bob a week | E |
| Which is surely better than the freak | E |
| Of settling down in Australia | B |
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| Chorus | D |
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| Currabubula Bogolong | E |
| Ulladulla Gerringong | E |
| If you wouldn't become an ourang outang | E |
| Don't go to the bush of Australia | B |
Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
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