The Squatter's Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABCCCB DDDEFFFE GGGE HHHE IIIEAAAE JKJLMMNO PQQE RRSE TTTEHUHE| Come all ye lads an' list to me | A |
| That's left your homes an' crossed the sea | A |
| To try your fortune bound or free | A |
| All in this golden land | B |
| For twelve long months I had to pace | C |
| Humping my swag with a cadging face | C |
| Sleeping in the bush like the sable race | C |
| As in my song you'll understand | B |
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| Unto this country I did come | D |
| A regular out and out new chum | D |
| I then abhorred the sight of rum | D |
| Teetotal was my plan | E |
| But soon I learned to wet one eye | F |
| Misfortune oft times made me sigh | F |
| To raise fresh funds I was forced to fly | F |
| And be a squatter's man | E |
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| Soon at a station I appeared | G |
| I saw the squatter with his beard | G |
| And up to him I boldly steered | G |
| With my swag and billy can | E |
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| I said Kind sir I want a job | H |
| Said he Do you know how to snob | H |
| Or can you break in a bucking cob | H |
| Whilst my figure he well did scan | E |
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| 'Tis now I want a useful cove | I |
| To stop at home and not to rove | I |
| The scamps go about a regular drove | I |
| I 'spose you're one of the clan | E |
| But I'll give ten ten sugar an' tea | A |
| Ten bob a week if you'll suit me | A |
| And very soon I hope you'll be | A |
| A handy squatter's man | E |
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| At daylight you must milk the cows | J |
| Make butter cheese an' feed the sows | K |
| Put on the kettle the cook arouse | J |
| And clean the family shoes | L |
| The stable an' sheep yard clean out | M |
| And always answer when we shout | M |
| With 'Yes ma'am ' and 'No sir ' mind your mouth | N |
| And my youngsters don't abuse | O |
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| You must fetch wood an' water bake an' boil | P |
| Act as butcher when we kill | Q |
| The corn an' taters you must hill | Q |
| Keep the garden spick and span | E |
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| You must not scruple in the rain | R |
| To take to market all the grain | R |
| Be sure you come sober back again | S |
| To be a squatter's man | E |
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| He sent me to an old bark hut | T |
| Inhabited by a greyhound slut | T |
| Who put her fangs through my poor fut | T |
| And snarling off she ran | E |
| So once more I'm looking for a job | H |
| Without a copper in my fob | U |
| With Ben Hall or Gardiner I'd rather rob | H |
| Than be a squatter's man | E |
Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
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