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 TISSTI| Now 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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