Been There Before Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAACDCDAA EFEFAA AGAGAA| There came a stranger to Walgett town | A |
| To Walgett town when the sun was low | B |
| And he carried a thirst that was worth a crown | A |
| Yet how to quench it he did not know | B |
| But he thought he might take those yokels down | A |
| The guileless yokels of Walgett town | A |
| They made him a bet in a private bar | C |
| In a private bar when the talk was high | D |
| And they bet him some pounds no matter how far | C |
| He could pelt a stone yet he could not shy | D |
| A stone right over the river so brown | A |
| The Darling River at Walgett town | A |
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| He knew that the river from bank to bank | E |
| Was fifty yards and he smiled a smile | F |
| As he trundled down but his hopes they sank | E |
| For there wasn t a stone within fifty mile | F |
| For the saltbush plain and the open down | A |
| Produce no quarries in Walgett town | A |
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| The yokels laughed at his hopes o erthrown | A |
| And he stood awhile like a man in a dream | G |
| Then out of his pocket he fetched a stone | A |
| And pelted it over the silent stream | G |
| He d been there before he had wandered down | A |
| On a previous visit to Walgett town | A |
Banjo Paterson
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