The Stockmen Of Australia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAA BBAA CCAA DDCA EEAA FFAA GGAA| The stockmen of Australia what rowdy boys are they | A |
| They will curse and swear an hurricane if you come in their way | A |
| They dash along the forest on black bay brown or grey | A |
| And the stockmen of Australia hard riding boys are they | A |
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| By constant feats of horsemanship they procure for us our grub | B |
| And supply us with the fattest beef by hard work in the scrub | B |
| To muster up the cattle they cease not night nor day | A |
| And the stockmen of Australia hard riding boys are they | A |
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| Just mark him as he jogs along his stockwhip on his knee | C |
| His white mole pants and polished boots and jaunty cabbage tree | C |
| His horsey pattern Crimean shirt of colours bright and gay | A |
| And the stockmen of Australia what dressy boys are they | A |
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| If you should chance to lose yourself and dropp upon his camp | D |
| He's there reclining on the ground be it dry or be it damp | D |
| He'll give you hearty welcome and a stunning pot of tea | C |
| For the stockmen of Australia good natured boys are they | A |
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| If down to Sydney you should go and there a stockman meet | E |
| Remark the sly looks cast on him as he roams through the street | E |
| From the shade of lovely bonnets steal forth those glances gay | A |
| For the stockmen of Australia the ladies' pets are they | A |
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| Whatever fun is going on the stockman will be there | F |
| Be it theatre or concert or dance or fancy fair | F |
| To join in the amusements be sure he won't delay | A |
| For the stockmen of Australia light hearted boys are they | A |
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| Then here's a health to every lass and let the toast go round | G |
| To as jolly a set of fellows as ever yet were found | G |
| And all good luck be with them for ever and to day | A |
| Here's to the stockmen of Australia hip hip hooray | A |
Banjo Paterson
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