The Free Selector Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCDE FFGGE HFIJE GGGGE| A Song of | A |
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| Ye sons of industry to you I belong | B |
| And to you I would dedicate a verse or a song | B |
| Rejoicing o'er the victory John Robertson has won | C |
| Now the Land Bill has passed and the good time has come | D |
| Now the Land Bill c | E |
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| No more with our swags through the bush need we roam | F |
| For to ask of another there to give us a home | F |
| Now the land is unfettered and we may reside | G |
| In a home of our own by some clear waterside | G |
| In a home of our own c | E |
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| On some fertile spot which we may call our own | H |
| Where the rich verdure grows we will build up a home | F |
| There industry will flourish and content will smile | I |
| While our children rejoicing will share in our toil | J |
| While our children c | E |
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| We will plant our garden and sow our own field | G |
| And eat from the fruits which industry will yield | G |
| And be independent what we long for have strived | G |
| Though those that have ruled us the right long denied | G |
| Though those that have ruled us c | E |
Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
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