The Fitzroy Blacksmith Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEC FGHGIG JKLKMK NOPQPO| With Apologies to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Village Blacksmith | A |
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| Under the spreading deficit | B |
| The Fitzroy Smithy stands | C |
| The smith a spendthrift man is he | D |
| With too much on his hands | C |
| But the muscles of his brawny jaw | E |
| Are strong as iron bands | C |
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| Pay out pay put from morn till night | F |
| You can hear the sovereigns go | G |
| Or you'll hear him singing Old Folks at Home | H |
| In a deep bass voice and slow | G |
| Like a bullfrog down in the village well | I |
| When the evening sun is low | G |
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| The Australian going home for loans | J |
| Looks in at the open door | K |
| He loves to see the imported plant | L |
| And to hear the furnace roar | K |
| And to watch the private firms smash up | M |
| Like chaff on the threshing floor | K |
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| Toiling rejoicing borrowing | N |
| Onward through life he goes | O |
| Each morning sees some scheme begun | P |
| That never sees its close | Q |
| Something unpaid for someone done | P |
| Has earned a night's repose | O |
Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
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