The Stockman's Last Bed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB C DD EEFF GHII JJDK| Be ye stockmen or no to my story give ear | A |
| Alas for poor Jack no more shall we hear | A |
| The crack of his stockwhip his steed's lively trot | B |
| His clear Go ahead boys his jingling quart pot | B |
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| Chorus | C |
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| For we laid him where wattles their sweet fragrance shed | D |
| And the tall gum trees shadow the stockman's last bed | D |
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| Whilst drafting one day he was horned by a cow | E |
| Alas cried poor Jack it's all up with me now | E |
| For I never again shall my saddle regain | F |
| Nor bound like a wallaby over the plain | F |
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| His whip it is silent his dogs they do mourn | G |
| His steed looks in vain for his master's return | H |
| No friend to bemoan him unheeded he dies | I |
| Save Australia's dark sons few know where he lies | I |
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| Now stockman if ever on some future day | J |
| After the wild mob you happen to stray | J |
| Tread softly where wattles their sweet fragrance spread | D |
| Where alone and neglected poor Jack's bones are laid | K |
Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
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