Down The River Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ACAC ADADAEAE FCFCADAD GHIJAKFK DLDLAHAH FMFM ACAC| Hark the sound of it drawing nearer | A |
| Clink of hobble and brazen bell | B |
| Mark the passage of stalwart shearer | A |
| Bidding Monaro soil farewell | B |
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| Where is he making for Down the river | A |
| Down the river with eager tread | C |
| Where is he making for Down the river | A |
| Down the river to seek a 'shed' | C |
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| Where is his dwelling on old Monaro | A |
| Buckley's Crossing or Jindaboine | D |
| Dry Plain is it or sweet Bolaira | A |
| P'raps 'tis near where the rivers join | D |
| Where is he making for Down the river | A |
| When oh when will he turn him back | E |
| Soft sighs follow him down the river | A |
| Moist eyes gaze at his fading track | E |
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| See behind him his pack horse ambling | F |
| Bears the weight of his master's kit | C |
| Oft and oft from the pathway rambling | F |
| Crops unhampered by cruel bit | C |
| Where is he making for Equine rover | A |
| Sturdy nag from the Eucumbene | D |
| Tempted down by the thought of clover | A |
| Springing luscious in Riverine | D |
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| Dreams of life and its future chances | G |
| Snatch of song to beguile the way | H |
| Through green crannies the sunlight glances | I |
| Silver gilding the bright 'Jack Shay' | J |
| So long mate I can stay no longer | A |
| So long mate I've no time to stop | K |
| Pens are waiting me at Mahonga | F |
| Bluegong Grubben and Pullitop | K |
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| What you say that the river's risen | D |
| What that the melted snow has come | L |
| What that it locks and bars our prison | D |
| Many's the mountain stream I've swum | L |
| I must onward and cross the river | A |
| So long mate for I cannot stay | H |
| I must onward and cross the river | A |
| Over the river there lies my way | H |
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| One man short when the roll they're calling | F |
| One man short at old Bobby Rand's | M |
| Heads are drooping and tears are falling | F |
| Up on Monaro's mountain lands | M |
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| Where is he making for Down the river | A |
| Down the river of slimy bed | C |
| Where is he making for Down the river | A |
| Down the river that bears him dead | C |
Barcroft Henry Thomas Boake
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