Wallabi Joe Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEE FF EECC GGHH I JJKKCCFF I LLMMNDFF I| Air The Mistletoe Bough | A |
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| The saddle was hung on the stockyard rail | B |
| And the poor old horse stood whisking his tail | B |
| For there never was seen such a regular screw | C |
| As Wallabi Joe of Bunnagaroo | C |
| Whilst the shearers all said as they say of course | D |
| That Wallabi Joe's a fine lump of a horse | D |
| But the stockmen said as they laughed aside | E |
| He'd barely do for a Sunday's ride | E |
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| Chorus Oh poor Wallabi Joe | F |
| O oh poor Wallabi Joe | F |
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| I'm weary of galloping now he cried | E |
| I wish I were killed for my hide my hide | E |
| For my eyes are dim and my back is sore | C |
| And I feel that my legs won't stand much more | C |
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| Now stockman Bill who took care of his nag | G |
| Put under the saddle a soojee bag | G |
| And off he rode with a whip in his hand | H |
| To look for a mob of the R J brand | H |
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| Chorus Oh poor Wallabi Joe c | I |
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| Now stockman Bill camped out that night | J |
| And he hobbled his horse in a sheltered bight | J |
| Next day of old Joe he found not a track | K |
| So he had to trudge home with his swag on his back | K |
| He searched up and down every gully he knew | C |
| But he found not a hair of his poor old screw | C |
| And the stockmen all said as they laughed at his woe | F |
| Would you sell us the chance of old Wallabi Joe | F |
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| Chorus Oh poor Wallabi Joe c | I |
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| Now as years sped by and as Bill grew old | L |
| It came into his head to go poking for gold | L |
| So away he went with a spade in his fist | M |
| To hunt for a nugget among the schist | M |
| One day as a gully he chanced to cross | N |
| He came on the bones of his poor old horse | D |
| The hobbles being jammed in a root below | F |
| Had occasioned the death of poor Wallabi Joe | F |
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| Chorus Oh poor Wallabi Joe c | I |
Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
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