The Reveille Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACCCBDBDEEEB BBBFFFB GBGBBBB HBHCCCB| Trumpets of the Lancer Corps | A |
| Sound a loud reveille | B |
| Sound it over Sydney shore | A |
| Send the message far and wide | C |
| Down the Richmond River side | C |
| Boot and Saddle mount and ride | C |
| Sound a loud reveille | B |
| Whither go ye Lancers gay | D |
| With your bold reveille | B |
| O'er the ocean far away | D |
| From your sunny southern home | E |
| Over leagues of trackless foam | E |
| In a foreign land to roam | E |
| With your bold reveille | B |
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| When we hear our brethren call | B |
| Sound a clear reveille | B |
| Then we answer one and all | B |
| Answer that the world may see | F |
| Of the English stock are we | F |
| At their side we still will be | F |
| Sound a bold reveille | B |
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| English troops are buried deep | G |
| Sound a soft reveille | B |
| In this foreign land asleep | G |
| Underneath Majuba Hill | B |
| Lying sleeping very still | B |
| Nevermore those squadrons will | B |
| Answer to reveille | B |
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| Onward without fear or doubt | H |
| Sound a bold reveille | B |
| 'Till that shame is blotted out | H |
| While our Empire's bounds are wide | C |
| Britons all stand side by side | C |
| Boot and saddle mount and ride | C |
| Hear the bold reveille | B |
Banjo Paterson
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