Our Own Flag Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIK| They mustered us up with a royal din | A |
| In wearisome weeks of drought | B |
| Ere ever half of the crops were in | A |
| Or the half of the sheds cut out | B |
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| 'Twas down with the saddle and spurs and whip | C |
| The swagman dropped his swag | D |
| And we hurried us off to the outbound ship | C |
| To fight for the English flag | D |
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| The English flag it is ours in sooth | E |
| We stand by it wrong or right | F |
| But deep in our hearts is the honest truth | E |
| We fought for the sake of a fight | F |
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| And the English flag may flutter and wave | G |
| Where the World wide Oceans toss | H |
| But the flag the Australian dies to save | G |
| Is the flag of the Southern Cross | H |
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| If ever they want us to stand the brunt | I |
| Of a hard faught grim campaign | J |
| We will carry our own flag up to the front | I |
| When we go to the wars again | K |
Banjo Paterson
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