The Road To Hogan's Gap Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL MNMN OPQP RJRJ STST UVUV WXKX EYEY HZHZ NA2NA2 B2JB2J C2D2C2D2 E2DE2D OF2OF2 G2H2G2H2 EC2EC2 C2I2C2I2 IJ2IJ2 K2BK2B C2L2C2L2 TISSTINow look you see it s this way like | A |
You cross the broken bridge | B |
And run the crick down till you strike | A |
The second right hand ridge | B |
The track is hard to see in parts | C |
But still it s pretty clear | D |
There s been two Injin hawkers carts | C |
Along that road this year | D |
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Well run that right hand ridge along | E |
It ain t to say too steep | F |
There s two fresh tracks might put you wrong | E |
Where blokes went out with sheep | F |
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But keep the crick upon your right | G |
And follow pretty straight | H |
Along the spur until you sight | G |
A wire and sapling gate | H |
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Well that s where Hogan s old grey mare | I |
Fell off and broke her back | J |
You ll see her carcase layin there | I |
Jist down below the track | J |
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And then you drop two mile or three | K |
It s pretty steep and blind | L |
You want to go and fall a tree | K |
And tie it on behind | L |
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And then you pass a broken cart | M |
Below a granite bluff | N |
And that is where you strike the part | M |
They reckon pretty rough | N |
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But by the time you ve got that far | O |
It s either cure or kill | P |
So turn your horses round the spur | Q |
And face em up the hill | P |
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For look if you should miss the slope | R |
And get below the track | J |
You haven t got the whitest hope | R |
Of ever gettin back | J |
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An half way up you ll see the hide | S |
Of Hogan s brindled bull | T |
Well mind and keep the right hand side | S |
The left s too steep a pull | T |
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And both the banks is full of cracks | U |
An just about at dark | V |
You ll see the last year s bullock tracks | U |
Where Hogan drew the bark | V |
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The marks is old and pretty faint | W |
And grown with scrub and such | X |
Of course the track to Hogan s ain t | K |
A road that s travelled much | X |
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But turn and run the tracks along | E |
For half a mile or more | Y |
And then of course you can t go wrong | E |
You re right at Hogan s door | Y |
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When first you come to Hogan s gate | H |
He mightn t show perhaps | Z |
He s pretty sure to plant and wait | H |
To see it ain t the traps | Z |
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I wouldn t call it good enough | N |
To let your horses out | A2 |
There s some that s pretty extra rough | N |
Is livin round about | A2 |
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It s likely if your horses did | B2 |
Get feedin near the track | J |
It s goin to cost at least a quid | B2 |
Or more to get them back | J |
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So if you find they re off the place | C2 |
It s up to you to go | D2 |
And flash a quid in Hogan s face | C2 |
He ll know the blokes that know | D2 |
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But listen if you re feelin dry | E2 |
Just see there s no one near | D |
And go and wink the other eye | E2 |
And ask for ginger beer | D |
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The blokes come in from near and far | O |
To sample Hogan s pop | F2 |
They reckon once they breast the bar | O |
They stay there till they drop | F2 |
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On Sundays you can see them spread | G2 |
Like flies around the tap | H2 |
It s like that song The Livin Dead | G2 |
Up there at Hogan s Gap | H2 |
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They like to make it pretty strong | E |
Whenever there s a charnce | C2 |
So when a stranger comes along | E |
They always holds a dance | C2 |
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There s recitations songs and fights | C2 |
A willin lot you ll meet | I2 |
There s one long bloke up there recites | C2 |
I tell you he s a treat | I2 |
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They re lively blokes all right up there | I |
It s never dull a day | J2 |
I d go meself if I could spare | I |
The time to get away | J2 |
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The stranger turned his horses quick | K2 |
He didn t cross the bridge | B |
He didn t go along the crick | K2 |
To strike the second ridge | B |
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He didn t make the trip because | C2 |
He wasn t feeling fit | L2 |
His business up at Hogan s was | C2 |
To serve him with a writ | L2 |
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He reckoned if he faced the pull | T |
And climbed the rocky stair | I |
The next to come might find his hide | S |
A land mark on the mountain side | S |
Along with Hogan s brindled bull | T |
And Hogan s old grey mare | I |
Banjo Paterson
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