Black Harry's Team Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGAGA HIHIJKJK LMLMNONO PAPAQKQK RSRSTQTQ

No soft skinned Durham steers are theyA
No Devons plump and redB
But brindled black and iron greyA
That mark the mountain bredB
For mountain bred and mountain brokeC
With sullen eyes agleamD
No stranger's hand could put a yokeC
On old Black Harry's teamD
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Pull out pull out at break of mornE
The creeks are running whiteF
And Tiger Spot and Snailey hornE
Must bend their bows by nightF
And axles wheels and flooring boardsG
Are swept with flying sprayA
As shoulder deep through mountain fordsG
The leaders feel their wayA
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He needs no sign of cross or kirnH
To guide him as he goesI
For every twist and every turnH
That old black leader knowsI
Up mountains steep they heave and strainJ
Where never wheel has rolledK
And what the toiling leaders gainJ
The body bullocks holdK
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Where eagle hawks their eyries makeL
On sidlings steep and blindM
He rigs the good old fashioned brakeL
A tree tied on behindM
Up mountains straining to the fullN
Each poler plays his partO
The sullen stubborn bullock pullN
That breaks a horse's heartO
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Beyond the farthest bridle trackP
His wheels have blazed the wayA
The forest giants burnt and blackP
Are ear marked by his drayA
Through belts of scrub where messmates growQ
His juggernaut has rolledK
For stumps and saplings have to goQ
When Harry's team takes holdK
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On easy grade and rubber tyreR
The tourist car goes throughS
They halt a moment to admireR
The far flung mountain viewS
The tourist folk would be amazedT
If they could get to knowQ
They take the track Black Harry blazedT
A Hundred Years AgoQ

Banjo Paterson



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