The Old Bark Hut Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC CCDECC CCFFBC CCGGCC CCHHCC CCIIBC CCJKCC CCIILCCCMNCCCCOOBC FCPPCC CCNQBC CCOh my name is Bob the Swagman before you all I stand | A |
And I've had many ups and downs while travelling through the land | A |
I once was well to do my boys but now I am stumped up | B |
And I'm forced to go on rations in an old bark hut | C |
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In an old bark hut In an old bark hut | C |
I'm forced to go on rations in an old bark hut | C |
Ten pounds of flour ten pounds of beef some sugar and some tea | D |
That's all they give to a hungry man until the Seventh Day | E |
If you don't be moighty sparing you'll go with a hungry gut | C |
For that's one of the great misfortunes in an old bark hut | C |
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In an old bark hut In an old bark hut | C |
For that's one of the great misfortunes in an old bark hut | C |
The bucket you boil your beef in has to carry water too | F |
And they'll say you're getting mighty flash if you should ask for two | F |
I've a billy and a pint pot and a broken handled cup | B |
And they all adorn the table in the old bark hut | C |
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In an old bark hut In an old bark hut | C |
And they all adorn the table in the old bark hut | C |
Faith the table is not made of wood as many you have seen | G |
For if I had one half so good I'd think myself serene | G |
'Tis only an old sheet of bark God knows when it was cut | C |
It was blown from off the rafters of the old bark hut | C |
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In an old bark hut In an old bark hut | C |
It was blown from off the rafters of the old bark hut | C |
And of furniture there's no such thing 'twas never in the place | H |
Except the stool I sit upon and that's an old gin case | H |
It does us for a safe as well but you must keep it shut | C |
Or the flies would make it canter round the old hark hut | C |
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In an old bark hut In an old bark hut | C |
Or the flies would make it canter round the old bark hut | C |
If you should leave it open and the flies should find your meat | I |
They'll scarcely leave a single piece that's fit for man to eat | I |
But you mustn't curse nor grumble what won't fatten will fill up | B |
For what's out of sight is out of mind in an old bark hut | C |
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In an old bark hut In an old bark hut | C |
For what's out of sight is out of mind in an old bark hut | C |
In the summer time when the weather's warm this hut is nice and cool | J |
And you'll find the gentle breezes blowing in through every hole | K |
You can leave the old door open or you can leave it shut | C |
There's no fear of suffocation in the old bark hut | C |
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In an old bark hut In an old bark hut | C |
There's no fear of suffocation in the old bark hut | C |
In the winter time preserve us all to live in there's a treat | I |
Especially when it's raining hard and blowing wind and sleet | I |
The rain comes down the chimney and your meat is black with soot | L |
That's a substitute for pepper in an old bark hut | C |
In an old bark hut In an old bark hut | C |
That's a substitute for pepper in an old bark hut | C |
I've seen the rain come in this hut just like a perfect flood | M |
Especially through that great big hole where once the table stood | N |
There's not a blessed spot me boys where you could lay your nut | C |
But the rain is sure to find you in the old bark hut | C |
In an old bark hut In an old bark hut | C |
But the rain is sure to find you in the old bark hut | C |
So beside the fire I make me bed and there I lay me down | O |
And think myself as happy as the king that wears a crown | O |
But as you'd be dozing off to sleep a flea will wake you up | B |
Which makes you curse the vermin in the old bark hut | C |
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In an old bark hut In an old bark hu | F |
Which makes you curse the vermin in the old bark hut | C |
Faith such flocks of fleas you never saw they are so plump and fat | P |
And if you make a grab at one he'll spit just like a cat | P |
Last night they got my pack of cards and were fighting for the cut | C |
I thought the devil had me in the old bark hut | C |
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In an old bark hut In an old bark hut | C |
I thought the devil had me in the old bark hut | C |
So now my friends I've sung my song and that as well as I could | N |
And I hope the ladies present won't think my language rude | Q |
And all ye younger people in the days when you grow up | B |
Remember Bob the Swagman and the old bark hut | C |
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In an old bark hut In an old bark hut | C |
Remember Bob the Swagman and the old bark hut | C |
Banjo Paterson
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