The Wallaby Brigade Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBC DEFC GHIC JCCC KCLC MCNC| You often have been told of regiments brave and bold | A |
| But we are the bravest in the land | B |
| We're called the Tag rag Band and we rally in Queensland | B |
| We are members of the Wallaby Brigade | C |
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| Tramp tramp tramp across the borders | D |
| The swagmen are rolling up I see | E |
| When the shearing's at an end we'll go fishing in a bend | F |
| Then hurrah for the Wallaby Brigade | C |
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| When you are leaving camp you must ask some brother tramp | G |
| If there are any jobs to be had | H |
| Or what sort of a shop that station is to stop | I |
| For a member of the Wallaby Brigade | C |
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| You ask me if they want men you ask for rations then | J |
| If they don't stump up a warning should be made | C |
| To teach them better sense why quot Set fire to their fence quot | C |
| Is the war cry of the Wallaby Brigade | C |
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| The squatters thought us done when they fenced in all their run | K |
| But a prettier mistake they never made | C |
| You've only to sport your dover and knock a monkey over | L |
| There's cheap mutton for the Wallaby Brigade | C |
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| Now when the shearing's in our harvest will begin | M |
| Our swags for a spell down will be laid | C |
| But when our cheques are drank we will join the Tag rag rank | N |
| Limeburners in the Wallaby Brigade | C |
Banjo Paterson
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