A Square Deal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCBDE FGHHGDD AIJJIK LGMMGD NJCCJOO DPCCPJJ DQDGQDD DBR BC CGSSGTT UVCCVGG WVXXVYY CZDDZHH A2CRRCB2 F CCC2GG| 'Dreamin' ' I sez to Digger Smith | A |
| 'Buck up ole sport an' smile | B |
| Ain't there enough uv joy to day | C |
| To drive the bogey man away | C |
| An' make reel things worth while | B |
| A bloke would think to see you stare | D |
| There's visions on the 'ill tops there ' | E |
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| 'Dreamin' ' sez Digger Smith 'Why not | F |
| An' there is visions too | G |
| An' when I get 'em sorted out | H |
| An' strafe that little bogey Doubt | H |
| I'll start me life all new | G |
| Oh I ain't crook but packed in 'ere | D |
| Is thoughts enough to last a year | D |
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| 'I'm thinkin' things ' sez Digger Smith | A |
| 'I'm thinkin' big an' fine | I |
| Uv Life an' Love an' all the rest | J |
| An' wot is right an' wot is best | J |
| An' 'ow much will be mine | I |
| Not that I'm wantin' overmuch | K |
| Some work some play an' food an' such ' | - |
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| 'See 'ere ' I sez 'You 'ark to me | L |
| I've done some thinkin' too | G |
| An' this 'ere land for wot yeh did | M |
| Owes some few million solid quid | M |
| To fightin' blokes like you | G |
| So don't be too damn modest or | D |
| Yeh'll get less than yeh're lookin' for ' | - |
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| 'Money ' sez Digger 'Loot ' sez 'e | N |
| 'Aw give that talk a rest | J |
| I'm sick uv it I didn't say | C |
| That I was thinkin' all uv pay | C |
| But wot was right an' best | J |
| An' that ain't in the crazy game | O |
| Uv grabbin' wealth an' chasin' fame | O |
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| 'Do you think us blokes Over There | D |
| When things was goin' strong | P |
| Was keepin' ledgers day be day | C |
| An' reck'nin' wot the crowd would pay | C |
| Pull off Yeh got it wrong | P |
| Do you think all the boys gone West | J |
| Wants great swank 'eadstones on their chest | J |
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| 'You coots at 'ome 'as small ideer | D |
| Uv wot we think an' feel | Q |
| We done our bit an' seen it thro' | D |
| An' all that we are askin' you | G |
| Is jist a fair square deal | Q |
| We want this land we battled for | D |
| To settle up an' somethin' more | D |
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| 'We want the land we battled for | D |
| To be a land worth while | B |
| We're sick uv greed an' 'ate an' strife | R |
| An' all the mess that's made uv life ' | - |
| 'E stopped a bit to smile | B |
| 'I got these thoughts Out There becos | C |
| We learned wot mateship reely was ' | - |
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| The 'ills be'ind the orchard trees | C |
| Was showin' misty blue | G |
| The ev'nin' light was growin' dim | S |
| An' down I sat 'longside uv 'im | S |
| An' done some dreamin' too | G |
| I dreams uv war an' wot is paid | T |
| By blokes that went an' blokes that stayed | T |
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| I dreams uv honour an' reward | U |
| An' 'ow to pay a debt | V |
| For partin' cash an' buyin' farms | C |
| An' fitting chaps with legs an' arms | C |
| Ain't all there's somethin' yet | V |
| There's still a solid balance due | G |
| An' now it's up to me an' you | G |
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| There's men I know ain't yet woke up | W |
| Or reckernized that debt | V |
| Proud men 'oo wouldn't take yeh down | X |
| Or owe their grocer 'arf a crown | X |
| They ain't considered yet | V |
| There's somethin' owin' to the dead | Y |
| An' Diggers live for more than bread | Y |
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| The 'ills be'ind the orchard trees | C |
| Jist caught the settin' sun | Z |
| A bloke might easy think that there | D |
| 'Way back be'ind the range somewhere | D |
| Where streaks uv sunlight run | Z |
| There was a land swep' clear uv doubt | H |
| Where men finds wot they dreams about | H |
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| 'Beauty ' sez Digger sudden like | A2 |
| 'An' love an' kindliness | C |
| The chance to live a clean straight life | R |
| A dinkum deal for kids an' wife | R |
| A man needs nothin' less | C |
| Maybe they'll get it when I go | B2 |
| To push up daisies I dunno ' | - |
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| 'Dreamin' ' sez Digger Smith 'Why not | F |
| There's visions on the hill ' | - |
| Then I gets up an' steals away | C |
| An' leaves 'im with the dyin' day | C |
| Dreamin' an' doubtin' still | C2 |
| Cobber it's up to me an' you | G |
| To see that 'arf 'is dream comes true | G |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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