Gilhooley's Estate Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCBCB DBDB EBEB FBFB BBBB BBBB GBGB HBHB IBJB| Oh Mr Gilhooley he turned up his toes | A |
| As most of you know soon or late | B |
| And Jones was a lawyer as everyone knows | A |
| So they took him to Gilhooley's Estate | B |
| Gilhooley in life had been living so free | C |
| 'Twas thought his possessions were great | B |
| So Jones with a smile says There's many a fee | C |
| For me in Gilhooley's Estate | B |
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| They made out a list of his property fine | D |
| It totalled a thousand and eight | B |
| But the debts were nine hundred and ninety nine | D |
| The debts of Gilhooley's Estate | B |
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| So Mrs Gilhooley says Jones my dear man | E |
| My childer have little to ait | B |
| Just keep my expinses as low as you can | E |
| Against poor Gilhooley's Estate | B |
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| Bur Jones says The will isn't clear in its terms | F |
| I fear it will need some debate | B |
| And the law won't alow me attorneys are worms | F |
| To appear in Gilhooley's Estate | B |
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| So a barrister man with a wig on his head | B |
| And a brief in his hand quite elate | B |
| Went up to the Court where they bury the dead | B |
| Just to move in Gilhooley's Estate | B |
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| But his Honour the Judge said I think that the joint | B |
| Legatees must be called to probate | B |
| Ex parte Pokehorney is clear on the point | B |
| The point of Gilhooley's Estate | B |
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| I order a suit to be brought just to try | G |
| If this is correct that I state | B |
| A nice friendly suit and the costs by and by | G |
| Must be borne by Gilhooley's Estate | B |
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| So Mrs Gilhooley says Jones you'll appear | H |
| Thim barristers' fees is too great | B |
| The suit is but friendly Attorneys my dear | H |
| Can't be heard in Gilhooley's Estate | B |
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| From the barristers' quarter a mighty hurrah | I |
| Arises both early and late | B |
| It's only the whoop of the Junior Bar | J |
| Dividing Gilhooley's Estate | B |
Banjo Paterson
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