The Freehold On The Plain Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BACA D EAEA FAFA G HAHA G HAHA G| Air The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane | A |
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| I'm a broken down old squatter my cash it is all gone | B |
| Of troubles and bad seasons I complain | A |
| My cattle are all mortgaged of horses I have none | C |
| And I've lost that little freehold on the plain | A |
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| Chorus | D |
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| The stockyard's broken down and the woolshed's tumbling in | E |
| I've written to the mortgagees in vain | A |
| My wool it is all damaged and it is not worth a pin | E |
| And I've lost that little freehold on the plain | A |
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| I commenced life as a squatter some twenty years ago | F |
| When fortune followed in my train | A |
| But I speculated heavy and I'd have you all to know | F |
| That I've lost that little freehold on the plain | A |
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| Chorus The stockyard's broken down c | G |
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| I built myself a mansion and chose myself a wife | H |
| Of her I have no reason to complain | A |
| For I thought I had sufficient to last me all my life | H |
| But I've lost that little freehold on the plain | A |
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| Chorus The stockyard's broken down c | G |
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| And now I am compelled to take a drover's life | H |
| To drive cattle through the sunshine and the rain | A |
| And to leave her behind me my own dear loving wife | H |
| We were happy on that freehold on the plain | A |
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| Chorus The stockyard's broken down c | G |
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