The Old Keg Of Rum Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEAF G FAF HIAI JFKF G FKF ALMLAFNF G FNF OPQP OFPF G FPF ORSRTFUF G FUF VWXW OFYF G FYF CZNSCFAF G FAF| My name is old Jack Palmer | A |
| I'm a man of olden days | B |
| And so I wish to sing a song | C |
| To you of olden praise | B |
| To tell of merry friends of old | D |
| When we were gay and young | E |
| How we sat and sang together | A |
| Round the Old Keg of Rum | F |
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| Chorus | G |
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| Oh the Old Keg of Rum the Old Keg of Rum | F |
| How we sat and sang together | A |
| Round the Old Keg of Rum | F |
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| There was I and Jack the plough boy | H |
| Jem Moore and old Tom Hines | I |
| And poor old Tom the fiddler | A |
| Who now in glory shines | I |
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| And several more of our old chums | J |
| Who shine in Kingdom Come | F |
| We all associated round the | K |
| Old Keg of Rum | F |
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| Chorus | G |
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| Oh the Old Keg of Rum the Old Keg of Rum | F |
| We all associated round the | K |
| Old Keg of Rum | F |
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| And when harvest time was over | A |
| And we'd get our harvest fee | L |
| We'd meet and quickly rise the keg | M |
| And then we'd have a spree | L |
| We'd sit and sing together | A |
| Till we got that blind and dumb | F |
| That we couldn't find the bunghole | N |
| Of the Old Keg of Rum | F |
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| Chorus | G |
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| Oh the Old Keg of Rum the Old Keg of Rum | F |
| That we couldn't find the bunghole | N |
| Of the Old Keg of Rum | F |
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| Its jovially together boys | O |
| We'd laugh we'd chat we'd sing | P |
| Sometimes we'd have a little row | Q |
| Some argument would bring | P |
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| And oftimes in a scrimmage boys | O |
| I've corked it with my thumb | F |
| To keep the life from leaking | P |
| From the Old Keg of Rum | F |
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| Chorus | G |
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| Oh the Old Keg of Rum the Old Keg of Rum | F |
| To keep the life from leaking | P |
| From the Old Keg of Rum | F |
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| But when our spree was ended boys | O |
| And waking from a snooze | R |
| For to give another drain | S |
| The old keg would refuse | R |
| We'd rap it with our knuckles | T |
| If it sounded like a drum | F |
| We'd know the life and spirit | U |
| Had left the Old Keg of Rum | F |
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| Chorus | G |
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| Oh the Old Keg of Rum the Old Keg of Rum | F |
| We'd know the life and spirit | U |
| Had left the Old Keg of Rum | F |
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| Those happy days have passed away | V |
| I've seen their pleasures fade | W |
| And many of our good old friends | X |
| Have with old times decayed | W |
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| But still when on my travels boys | O |
| If I meet with an old chum | F |
| We will sigh in conversation | Y |
| Of the Grand Old Keg of Rum | F |
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| Chorus | G |
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| Oh the Old Keg of Rum the Old Keg of Rum | F |
| We will sigh in conversation | Y |
| Of the Grand Old Keg of Rum | F |
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| So now kind friends I end my song | C |
| I hope we'll meet again | Z |
| And as I've tried to please you all | N |
| I hope you won't complain | S |
| You younger folks who learn my song | C |
| Will perhaps in years to come | F |
| Remember old Jack Palmer | A |
| And the Old Rum Of Rum | F |
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| Chorus | G |
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| Oh the Old Keg of Rum the Old Keg of Rum | F |
| Remember old Jack Palmer | A |
| And the Old Keg of Rum | F |
Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
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