The Flying Gang Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEDFBGB HIJIKLMLNBIB OPOPQAIARBSBI served my time in the days gone by | A |
In the railway's clash and clang | B |
And I worked my way to the end and I | A |
Was the head of the Flying Gang | B |
'Twas a chosen band that was kept at hand | C |
In case of an urgent need | D |
Was it south or north we were started forth | E |
And away at our utmost speed | D |
If word reached town that a bridge was down | F |
The imperious summons rang | B |
Come out with the pilot engine sharp | G |
And away with the flying gang | B |
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Then a piercing scream and a rush of steam | H |
As the engine moved ahead | I |
With measured beat by the slum and street | J |
Of the busy town we fled | I |
By the uplands bright and the homesteads white | K |
With the rush of the western gale | L |
And the pilot swayed with the pace we made | M |
As she rocked on the ringing rail | L |
And the country children clapped their hands | N |
As the engine's echoes rang | B |
But their elders said There is work ahead | I |
When they send for the flying gang | B |
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Then across the miles of the saltbush plain | O |
That gleamed with the morning dew | P |
Where the grasses waved like the ripening grain | O |
The pilot engine flew | P |
A fiery rush in the open bush | Q |
Where the grade marks seemed to fly | A |
And the order sped on the wires ahead | I |
The pilot must go by | A |
The Governor's special must stand aside | R |
And the fast express go hang | B |
Let your orders be that the line is free | S |
For the boys in the flying gang | B |
Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
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