The Ballad Of The Carpet Bag Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAAABABAB CBCBDDDB ABAB ABABEEEB ABAB ABABAAAB ABAB| Ho Darkies don't you hear dose voters cryin' | A |
| Pack dat carpet bag | B |
| You must get to de Poll you must get there flyin' | A |
| Pack dat carpet bag | B |
| You must travel by de road you must travel by de train | A |
| And the things what you've done you will have to explain | A |
| And the things what you've promised you must promise 'em again | A |
| Pack dat carpet bag | B |
| Hear dem voters callin | A |
| Pack de clean boiled rag | B |
| For there's grass in the west and the rain am fallin' | A |
| Pack dat carpet bag | B |
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| You must pack up a volume of Coghlan's Figures | C |
| Pack dat carpet bag | B |
| And a lot o' little jokes to amuse those niggers | C |
| Pack dat carpet bag | B |
| You must wheedle all de gals with a twinkle of your eye | D |
| You must bob down your head when de eggs begin to fly | D |
| Oh those eggs what they're saving and they'll throw 'em by and by | D |
| Pack dat carpet bag | B |
| - | |
| Hear dem voters callin' | A |
| Pack de clean boiled rag | B |
| For there's grass in the west and the rain am fallin' | A |
| Pack dat carpet bag | B |
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| You must get upon a stump you must practise speakin' | A |
| Pack dat carpet bag | B |
| You must follow Georgie Reid or Alfred Deakin | A |
| Pack dat carpet bag | B |
| You must come to de scratch or you're bound to fail | E |
| For it ain't any time to be sittin' on de rail | E |
| Or de votes that you'll get they won't keep you out o' jail | E |
| Pack dat carpet bag | B |
| - | |
| Hear dem voters callin' | A |
| Pack de clean boiled rag | B |
| For there's grass in the west and the rain am fallin' | A |
| Pack dat carpet bag | B |
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| And supposin' that you're beat and you feel like cryin' | A |
| Pack dat carpet bag | B |
| You must hustle back to work just to keep from dyin' | A |
| Pack dat carpet bag | B |
| You must travel second class when you travel by de train | A |
| For you haven't got a pass on de end of your chain | A |
| While the other fellow's packing for de great campaign | A |
| Pack dat carpet bag | B |
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| Hear dem voters callin' | A |
| Pack de clean boiled rag | B |
| For there's grass in the west and the rain am fallin' | A |
| Pack dat carpet bag | B |
Banjo Paterson
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