The Loafers' Club Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDDEEFF AADD FFGGHGDD FFFF| A club there is established here whose name they say is Legion | A |
| From Melbourne to the Billabong they're known in every region | A |
| They do not like the cockatoos but mostly stick to stations | B |
| Where they keep themselves from starving by cadging shepherds' rations | B |
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| The rules and regulations they're not difficult of learning | C |
| They are to live upon the cash which others have been earning | C |
| To never let a chance go by of being in a shout sir | D |
| And if they see a slant to turn your pockets inside out sir | D |
| They'll cadge your baccy knife and pipe and tell a tale of sorrow | E |
| Of how they cannot get a job but mean to start to morrow | E |
| But that to morrow never comes until they see quite plainly | F |
| That it's completely up the spout with Messrs Scrase and Ainley | F |
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| If feeling thirsty you should go to take a little suction | A |
| I'll swear they'll not be long before they'll force an introduction | A |
| One knew you here one knew you there all love you like a brother | D |
| And if one plan will not succeed they'll quickly try another | D |
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| I knew one poor unhappy wight having a little ready | F |
| Entered a Smeaton public house determined to keep steady | F |
| A celebrated loafer there determined upon showing him | G |
| That he once had the pleasure and the privilege of knowing him | G |
| Through hills and dales by lakes and streams he close pursued his victim | H |
| Until the miserable man confessed that be quite licked him | G |
| In vain the quarry tried to turn pursuit was far too strong sir | D |
| The loafer followed up the scent and earthed him in Geelong sir | D |
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| The noble art of lambing down they know in all its beauty | F |
| And if they do not squeeze you dry they'll think they've failed in duty | F |
| But truth to say they seldom fail to do that duty neatly | F |
| And very few escape their hands who're not cleared out completely | F |
Banjo Paterson
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