Jimmy Sago, Jackaroo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDB EEDBB FFDB GGDGG| If you want a situation I'll just tell you the plan | A |
| To get on to a station I am just your very man | A |
| Pack up the old portmanteau and label it Paroo | B |
| With a name aristocratic Jimmy Sago Jackaroo | B |
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| When you get on to the station of small things you'll make a fuss | C |
| And in speaking of the station mind it's we and ours and us | C |
| Boast of your grand connections and your rich relations too | D |
| And your own great expectations Jimmy Sago Jackaroo | B |
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| They will send you out on horseback the boundaries to ride | E |
| But run down a marsupial and rob him of his hide | E |
| His scalp will fetch a shilling and his hide another two | D |
| Which will help to fill your pockets Jimmy Sago Jackaroo | B |
| Yes to fill your empty pockets Jimmy Sago Jackaroo | B |
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| When the boss wants information on the men you'll do a sneak | F |
| And don a paper collar on your fifteen bob a week | F |
| Then at the lamb marking a boss they'll make of you | D |
| Now that's the way to get on Jimmy Sago Jackaroo | B |
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| A squatter in the future I've no doubt you may be | G |
| But if the banks once get you they'll put you up a tree | G |
| To see you humping bluey I know would never do | D |
| 'Twould mean good bye to our new chum Jimmy Sago Jackaroo | G |
| Yes good bye to our new chum Jimmy Sago Jackaroo | G |
Banjo Paterson
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