Another Fall Of Rain Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBDB EBFB GBGB HIJB KLKB MBAL| The weather had been sultry for a fortnight's time or more | A |
| And the shearers had been driving might and main | B |
| For some had got the century who'd ne'er got it before | A |
| And now all hands were wishing for the rain | B |
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| For the boss is getting rusty and the ringer's caving in | C |
| For his bandaged wrist is aching with the pain | B |
| And the second man I fear will make it hot for him | D |
| Unless we have another fall of rain | B |
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| A few had taken quarters and were coiling in their bunks | E |
| When we shore the six tooth wethers from the plain | B |
| And if the sheep get harder then a few more men will funk | F |
| Unless we get another fall of rain | B |
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| But the sky is clouding over and the thunder's muttering loud | G |
| And the clouds are driving eastward o'er the plain | B |
| And I see the lightning flashing from the edge of yon black cloud | G |
| And I hear the gentle patter of the rain | B |
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| So lads put on your stoppers and let us to the hut | H |
| Where we'll gather round and have a friendly game | I |
| While some are playing music and some play ante up | J |
| And some are gazing outwards at the rain | B |
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| But now the rain is over let the pressers spin the screw | K |
| Let the teamsters back the waggons in again | L |
| And we'll block the classer's table by the way we'll put them through | K |
| For everything is merry since the rain | B |
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| And the boss he won't be rusty when his sheep they all are shorn | M |
| And the wringer's wrist won't ache much with the pain | B |
| Of pocketing his cheque for fifty pounds or more | A |
| And the second man will press him hard again | L |
Banjo Paterson
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