The Beautiful Land Of Australia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABCCCB DDDBEFFB GHHB DDDB IIIBJJJB DDDB KKKBDDDB DDDBLMMBNNOB DDDB PQPBDDDB DDDB| All you on emigration bent | A |
| With home and England discontent | A |
| Come listen to my sad lament | A |
| All about the bush of Australia | B |
| I once possessed a thousand pounds | C |
| Thinks I how very grand it sounds | C |
| For a man to be farming his own grounds | C |
| In the beautiful land of Australia | B |
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| Illawarra Mittagong | D |
| Parramatta Wollongong | D |
| If you wish to become an ourang outang | D |
| Then go to the bush of Australia | B |
| Upon the voyage the ship was lost | E |
| In wretched plight I reached the coast | F |
| And was very nigh being made a roast | F |
| By the savages of Australia | B |
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| And in the bush I lighted on | G |
| A fierce bushranger with his gun | H |
| Who borrowed my garments every one | H |
| For himself in the bush of Australia | B |
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| Illawarra Mittagong | D |
| Parramatta Wollongong | D |
| If you wish to become an ourang outang | D |
| Then go to the bush of Australia | B |
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| Sydney town I reached at last | I |
| And now thinks I all danger's past | I |
| And I shall make my fortune fast | I |
| In this promising land of Australia | B |
| I quickly went with cash in hand | J |
| Upon the map I chose my land | J |
| When I got there 'twas barren sand | J |
| In the beautiful land of Australia | B |
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| Illawarra Mittagong | D |
| Parramatta Wollongong | D |
| If you wish to become an ourang outang | D |
| Then go to the bush of Australia | B |
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| Of sheep I got a famous lot | K |
| Some died of hunger some of rot | K |
| For the devil a dropp of rain they got | K |
| In this flourishing land of Australia | B |
| My convict men were always drunk | D |
| They kept me in a constant funk | D |
| Says I to myself as to bed I slunk | D |
| How I wish I was out of Australia | B |
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| Booligal Gobarralong | D |
| Emu Flat and Jugiong | D |
| If you wish to become an ourang outang | D |
| Then go to the bush of Australia | B |
| Of ills enough I've had you'll own | L |
| And then at last my woes to crown | M |
| One night my log house was blown down | M |
| That settled us all in Australia | B |
| And now of home and all bereft | N |
| The horrid spot I quickly left | N |
| Making it over by deed of gift | O |
| To the savages of Australia | B |
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| Booligal Gobarralong | D |
| Emu Flat and Jugiong | D |
| If you wish to become an ourang outang | D |
| Then go to the bush of Australia | B |
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| I gladly worked my passage home | P |
| And now to England back I've come | Q |
| Determined never more to roam | P |
| At least to the bush of Australia | B |
| And stones upon the road I'll break | D |
| And earn my seven bob a week | D |
| Which is surely better than the freak | D |
| Of settling down in Australia | B |
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| Currabubula Bogolong | D |
| Ulladulla Gerringong | D |
| If you wouldn't become an ourang outang | D |
| Don't go to the bush of Australia | B |
Banjo Paterson
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