My Religion Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GDGD GCGC BCFC| Let Romanists all at the Confessional kneel | A |
| Let the Jew with disgust turn from it | B |
| Let the mighty Crown Prelate in Church pander zeal | A |
| Let the Mussulman worship Mahomet | B |
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| From all these I differ truly wise is my plan | C |
| With my doctrine perhaps you'll agree | D |
| To be upright and downright and act like a man | C |
| That's the religion for me | D |
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| I will go to no Church and to no house of Prayer | E |
| To see a white shirt on a preacher | F |
| And in no Courthouse on a book will I swear | E |
| To injure a poor fellow creature | F |
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| For parsons and preachers are all a mere joke | G |
| Their hands must be greased by a fee | D |
| But with the poor toiler to share your last toke | G |
| That's the religion for me | D |
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| Let Psalm singing Churchmen and Lutheran sing | G |
| They can't deceive God with their blarney | C |
| They might just as well dance the Highland Fling | G |
| Or sing the fair fame of Kate Kearney | C |
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| But let man unto man like brethren act | B |
| My doctrine this suits to a T | C |
| The heart that can feel for the woes of another | F |
| Oh that's the religion for me | C |
Banjo Paterson
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