The Flying Gang Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEDFBGBHIJIKLML NBIB OPOPQAIARBSB| I served my time in the days gone by | A |
| In the railway's clash and clang | B |
| And I worked my way to the end and I | A |
| Was the head of the Flying Gang | B |
| 'Twas a chosen band that was kept at hand | C |
| In case of an urgent need | D |
| Was it south or north we were started forth | E |
| And away at our utmost speed | D |
| If word reached town that a bridge was down | F |
| The imperious summons rang | B |
| Come out with the pilot engine sharp | G |
| And away with the flying gang | B |
| Then a piercing scream and a rush of steam | H |
| As the engine moved ahead | I |
| With measured beat by the slum and street | J |
| Of the busy town we fled | I |
| By the uplands bright and the homesteads white | K |
| With the rush of the western gale | L |
| And the pilot swayed with the pace we made | M |
| As she rocked on the ringing rail | L |
| And the country children clapped their hands | N |
| As the engine's echoes rang | B |
| But their elders said There is work ahead | I |
| When they send for the flying gang | B |
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| Then across the miles of the saltbush plain | O |
| That gleamed with the morning dew | P |
| Where the grasses waved like the ripening grain | O |
| The pilot engine flew | P |
| A fiery rush in the open bush | Q |
| Where the grade marks seemed to fly | A |
| And the order sped on the wires ahead | I |
| The pilot must go by | A |
| The Governor's special must stand aside | R |
| And the fast express go hang | B |
| Let your orders be that the line is free | S |
| For the boys in the flying gang | B |
Banjo Paterson
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