Gone Down Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFBDBD GHGHIDID| To the voters of Glen Innes 'twas O'Sullivan that went | A |
| To secure the country vote for Mister Hay | B |
| So he told 'em what he'd borrowed and he told 'em what he'd spent | A |
| Though extravagance had blown it all away | B |
| Said he Vote for Hay my hearties and wherever we may roam | C |
| We will borrow undismayed by Fortune's frown | D |
| When he got his little banjo and he sang them Home Sweet Home | C |
| Why it made a blessed horse fall down | D |
| Then he summoned his supporters and went spouting through the bush | E |
| To assure them that he'd build them roads galore | F |
| If he could but borrow something from the Plutocratic Push | E |
| Though he knew they wouldn't lend him any more | F |
| With his Coolangatta Croesus who was posing for the day | B |
| As a Friend of Labour just brought up from town | D |
| When the Democratic Keystone told the workers Vote for Hay | B |
| Then another blessed horse fell down | D |
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| When the polling day was over and the promising was done | G |
| The promises that never would be kept | H |
| Then O'Sullivan came homeward at the sinking of the sun | G |
| To the Ministerial Bench he slowly crept | H |
| When his colleagues said Who won it Is our banner waving high | I |
| Has the Ministry retained Glen Innes Town | D |
| Then the great man hesitated and responded with a sigh | I |
| There's another blessed seat gone down | D |
Banjo Paterson
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