A Digger's Tale Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACAD EFEFAA GAGACC HIHIJ KLKLJJ AMAMNN IMIMII AJAJ O POILQQ IAIAL OOOORR JR RA LOLOAA MRMRJ MAMALL ALALO| 'My oath ' the Duchess sez 'You'd not ixpect | A |
| Sich things as that Yeh don't mean kangaroos | B |
| Go hon ' she sez or words to that effect | A |
| It's 'ard to imitate the speech they use | C |
| I tells 'er 'Straight I drives 'em four in 'and | A |
| 'Ome in my land ' | D |
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| 'You 'ear a lot ' sez little Digger Smith | E |
| 'About 'ow English swells is so stand off | F |
| Don't yeh believe it it's a silly myth | E |
| I've been reel cobbers with the British toff | F |
| While I'm on leaf for Blighty likes our crowd | A |
| An' done us proud | A |
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| 'Us Aussies was the goods in London town | G |
| When I was there If they jist twigged your 'at | A |
| The Dooks would ask yeh could yeh keep one down | G |
| An' Earls would 'ang out 'Welcome' on the mat | A |
| An' sling yeh invites to their stately 'alls | C |
| For fancy balls | C |
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| 'This Duchess I ain't quite sure uv 'er rank | H |
| She might 'ave been a Peeress I dunno | I |
| I meets 'er 'usband first 'E owns a bank | H |
| I 'eard an' 'arf a dozen mints or so | I |
| A dinkum toff 'E sez 'Come 'ome with me | J |
| An' 'ave some tea ' | - |
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| 'That's 'ow I met this Duchess Wot's 'er name | K |
| Or Countess never mind 'er moniker | L |
| I ain't no 'and at this 'ere title game | K |
| An' right away I was reel pals with 'er | L |
| 'Now tell me all about yer 'ome ' sez she | J |
| An' smiles at me | J |
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| 'That knocks me out I know it ain't no good | A |
| Paintin' word picters uv the things I done | M |
| Out 'ome 'ere barrackin' for Collin'wood | A |
| Or puntin' on the flat at Flemin'ton | M |
| I know this Baroness uv Wot yeh call | N |
| Wants somethin' tall | N |
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| 'I thinks reel 'ard an' then I lets it go | I |
| I tell 'er out at Richmond on me Run | M |
| A little place uv ten square mile or so | I |
| I'm breedin' boomerangs which is reel fun | M |
| When I ain't troubled by the wild Jonops | I |
| That eats me crops | I |
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| 'I talks about the wondrous Boshter Bird | A |
| That builds 'er nest up in the Cobber Tree | J |
| An' 'atches out 'er young on May the third | A |
| Stric' to the minute jist at 'arf past three | J |
| 'Er eyes get big She sez 'Can it be true ' | - |
| 'Er eyes was blue | O |
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| 'An' then I speaks uv sport an' tells 'er 'ow | P |
| In 'untin' our wild Wowsers we imploy | O |
| Large packs uv Barrackers an' 'ow their row | I |
| Wakes echoes in the forests uv Fitzroy | L |
| Where lurks the deadly Shicker Snake 'oo's breath | Q |
| Is certain death | Q |
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| 'I'm goin' on to talk of kangaroos | I |
| An' 'ow I used to drive 'em four in 'and | A |
| 'Wot ' sez the Marchioness 'Them things in zoos | I |
| That 'ops about I've seen then in the Strand | A |
| In double 'arness but I ain't seen four | L |
| Tell me some more ' | - |
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| I baulks a bit at that an' she sez ''Well | O |
| There ain't no cause at all for you to feel | O |
| Modest about the things you 'ave to tell | O |
| An' wot you says wonderfully reel | O |
| Your talk' an' 'ere I seen 'er eyelids flick | R |
| 'Makes me 'omesick' | R |
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| 'I reckerlect ' she sez 'Now let me see | J |
| In Gippsland long ago when I was young | R |
| I 'ad a little pet Corroboree ' | - |
| I sits up in me chair like I was stung | R |
| 'On it's 'ind legs ' she sez 'it used to stand | A |
| Fed from me 'and ' | - |
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| 'Uv cours I threw me alley in right there | L |
| This Princess was a dinkum Aussie girl | O |
| I can't do nothin' else but sit an' stare | L |
| Thinkin' so rapid that me 'air roots curl | O |
| But 'er She sez 'I ain't 'eard talk so good | A |
| Since my childhood | A |
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| ''I wish ' sez she 'I could be back again | M |
| Beneath the wattle an' that great blue sky | R |
| It's like a breath uv 'ome to meet you men | M |
| You've done reel well ' she sez 'Don't you be shy | R |
| When yer in Blighty once again ' sez she | J |
| 'Come an' see me ' | - |
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| 'I don't see 'er no more 'cos I stopped one | M |
| But 'fore I sails I gits a billy doo | A |
| Which sez 'Give my love to the dear ole Sun | M |
| An' take an exile's blessin' 'ome with you | A |
| An' if you 'ave some boomerangs to spare | L |
| Save me a pair | L |
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| ''I'd like to see 'em play about ' she wrote | A |
| 'Out on me lawn an' stroke their pretty fur | L |
| God bless yeh boy ' An' then she ends 'er note | A |
| 'Yer dinkum cobber ' an' 'er moniker | L |
| A sport You bet She's marri'd to an Earl | O |
| An Aussie girl ' | - |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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