The Digger's Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDEED FFGGCCDHHD IJIJCCDKKD| Scrape the bottom of the hole gather up the stuff | A |
| Fossick in the crannies lest you leave a grain behind | B |
| Just another shovelful and that'll be enough | A |
| Now we'll take it to the bank and see what we can find | B |
| Give the dish a twirl around | C |
| Let the water swirl around | C |
| Gently let it circulate there's music in the swish | D |
| And the tinkle of the gravel | E |
| As the pebbles quickly travel | E |
| Around in merry circles on the bottom of the dish | D |
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| Ah if man could only wash his life if he only could | F |
| Panning off the evil deeds keeping but the good | F |
| What a mighty lot of digger's dishes would be sold | G |
| Though I fear the heap of tailings would be greater than the gold | G |
| Give the dish a twirl around | C |
| Let the water swirl around | C |
| Man's the sport of circumstance however he may wish | D |
| Fortune are you there now | H |
| Answer to my prayer now | H |
| And drop a half ounce nugget in the bottom of the dish | D |
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| Gently let the water lap keep the corners dry | I |
| That's about the place the gold will generally stay | J |
| What was that bright particle that just then caught my eye | I |
| I fear me by the look of things 'Twas only yellow clay | J |
| Just another twirl around | C |
| Let the water swirl around | C |
| That's the way we rob the river of its golden fish | D |
| What's that can't we snare a one | K |
| Don't say that there's ne'er a one | K |
| Bah there's not a colour in the bottom of the dish | D |
Barcroft Boake
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