The Road To Gundagai Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DB EE FF GG HH CC II DAB BB JJ KK DB| The mountain road goes up and down | A |
| From Gundagai to Tumut Town | A |
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| And branching off there runs a track | B |
| Across the foothills grim and black | B |
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| Across the plains and ranges grey | C |
| To Sydney city far away | C |
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| It came by chance one day that I | D |
| From Tumut rode to Gundagai | B |
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| And reached about the evening tide | E |
| The crossing where the roads divide | E |
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| And waiting at the crossing place | F |
| I saw a maiden fair of face | F |
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| With eyes of deepest violet blue | G |
| And cheeks to match the rose in hue | G |
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| The fairest maids Australia knows | H |
| Are bred among the mountain snows | H |
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| Then fearing I might go astray | C |
| I asked if she could show the way | C |
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| Her voice might well a man bewitch | I |
| Its tones so supple deep and rich | I |
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| The tracks are clear she made reply | D |
| And this goes down to Sydney Town | A |
| And that one goes to Gundagai | B |
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| Then slowly looking coyly back | B |
| She went along the Sydney track | B |
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| And I for one was well content | J |
| To go the road the lady went | J |
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| But round the turn a swain she met | K |
| The kiss she gave him haunts me yet | K |
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| I turned and travelled with a sigh | D |
| The lonely road to Gundagai | B |
Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
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