A Disqualified Jockey's Story Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHCIJEKLMNAOPQ RS TUCVTWXY JZWA2B2C2D2E2J UE2F2G2H2H2B2I2J2 H2K2L2AM2H2N2H2M2CJ2 K2CH2H2BH2H2O2CH2L2C QCH2P2Q2H2N2H2 WCAR2S2T2| You see the thing was this way there was me | A |
| That rode Panopply the Splendor mare | B |
| And Ikey Chambers on the Iron Dook | C |
| And Smith the half caste rider on Regret | D |
| And that long bloke from Wagga him that rode | E |
| Veronikew the Snowy River horse | F |
| Well none of them had chances not a chance | G |
| Among the lot unless the rest fell dead | H |
| Or wasn't trying for a blind man's dog | C |
| Could see Enchantress was a certain cop | I |
| And all the books was layin' six to four | J |
| They brought her out to show our lot the road | E |
| Or so they said but then Gord's truth you know | K |
| You can believe 'em though they took an oath | L |
| On forty Bibles that they's tell the truth | M |
| But anyhow an amateur was up | N |
| On this Enchantress and so Ike and me | A |
| We thought that we might frighten him a bit | O |
| By asking if he minded riding rough | P |
| Oh not at all says he oh not at all | Q |
| I heard at Robbo Park and if it comes | R |
| To bumping I'm your Moses Strike me blue | S |
| - | |
| Says he I'll bump you over either rail | T |
| The inside rail or outside which you choose | U |
| Is good enough for me which settled Ike | C |
| For he was shaky since he near got killed | V |
| From being sent a buster on the rail | T |
| When some chap bumped his horse and fetched him down | W |
| At Stony Bridge so Ikey thought it best | X |
| To leave this bloke alone and I agreed | Y |
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| So all the books was layin' six to four | J |
| Against the favourite and the amateur | Z |
| Was walking this Enchantress up and down | W |
| And me and Smithy backed him for we thought | A2 |
| We might as well get something for ourselves | B2 |
| Because we knew our horses couldn't win | C2 |
| But Ikey wouldn't back him for a bob | D2 |
| Because he said he reckoned he was stiff | E2 |
| And all the books was layin' six to four | J |
| - | |
| Well anyhow before the start the news | U |
| Got around that this here amateur was stiff | E2 |
| And our good stuff was blued and all the books | F2 |
| Was in it and the prices lengthened out | G2 |
| And every book was bustin' of his throat | H2 |
| And layin' five to one the favourite | H2 |
| So there was we that couldn't win ourselves | B2 |
| And this here amateur that wouldn't try | I2 |
| And all the books was layin' five to one | J2 |
| - | |
| So Smithy says to me You take a hold | H2 |
| Of that there moke of yours and round the turn | K2 |
| Come up behind Enchantress with the whip | L2 |
| And let her have it that long bloke and me | A |
| Will wait ahead and when she comes to us | M2 |
| We'll pass her on and belt her down the straight | H2 |
| And Ikey'll flog her home because his boss | N2 |
| Is judge and steward and the Lord knows what | H2 |
| And so he won't be touched and as for us | M2 |
| We'll swear we only hit her by mistake | C |
| And all the books was layin' five to one | J2 |
| - | |
| Well off we went and comin' to the turn | K2 |
| I saw the amateur was holdinig back | C |
| And poking into every hole he could | H2 |
| To get her blocked and so I pulled behind | H2 |
| And drew the whip and dropped it on the mare | B |
| I let her have it twice and then she shot | H2 |
| Ahead of me and Smithy opened out | H2 |
| And let her up beside him on the rails | O2 |
| And kept her there a beltin' her like smoke | C |
| Until she struggled past him pullin' hard | H2 |
| And came to Ike but Ikey drew his whip | L2 |
| And hit her on the nose and sent her back | C |
| And won the race himself for after all | Q |
| It seems he had a fiver on The Dook | C |
| And never told us so our stuff was lost | H2 |
| And then they had us up for ridin' foul | P2 |
| And warned us off the tracks for twelve months each | Q2 |
| To get our livin' any way we could | H2 |
| But Ikey wasn't touched because his boss | N2 |
| Was judge and steward and the Lord knows what | H2 |
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| But Mister if you'll lend us half a crown | W |
| I know three certain winners at the Park | C |
| Three certain cops as no one knows but me | A |
| And thank you Mister come an' have a beer | R2 |
| I always like a beer about this time | S2 |
| Well so long Mister till we meet again | T2 |
Banjo Paterson
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