Advance Australia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDED BEFFFE BGBBHBB BBBBBBBB| Borrowin' over the water I've seen it all before | A |
| Raisin' loans said Old George Jones | B |
| Was a trick we learned of yore | A |
| Borrowin' over the water | C |
| In the old Australian way | D |
| Splash the cash an' cut a dash | E |
| An' leave the kids to pay | D |
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| Steel rails an' sausage skins cotton goods an' fal de rals | B |
| Drapery an' rollin' stock an' pocket knives an' sich | E |
| That was how we took it out | F |
| When we was but a growin' lout | F |
| But sich like habits calls for doubt | F |
| Now we are grown an' rich | E |
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| Borrowin' over the water for reproductive works | B |
| That ain't produced sich habits used | G |
| To mark the crowd that shirks | B |
| That's why we're heaped with taxes | B |
| In this sad year A D | H |
| Thro' the ancient tricks of politics | B |
| In borrowin' overseas | B |
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| Airyplanes an' motor cars guns an' bombs an' bayonits | B |
| The cash is here to buy the things an' meet the whole expense | B |
| But seems we'll never mend our ways | B |
| An' habits learned in olden days | B |
| Sticks hard so we keep up the craze | B |
| An' borrow for defence | B |
| Advance Australia Pile the loans | B |
| The kids'll pay said Old George Jones | B |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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