The Milch Kangaroo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCDCCBCCB CCEFFECCBAAB GGHCCHFFC C AAIEE CCCCC| 'Which reminds me ' said O'Brien | A |
| 'And 'tis not a word of lyin' | A |
| Of a summertime way back in eighty two | B |
| Whin a felly name of Brady | C |
| An' his sister quite a lady | C |
| Ran a dairy up beyant in Wallaloo | D |
| But in place of cows like Bossy | C |
| An' Strawberry and' Flossie | C |
| It was Kangaroo she milked I'm spakin' true | B |
| While his pretty sister Mary | C |
| Was the mistress of the dairy | C |
| Of the dairy of the milch Kangaroo | B |
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| 'Now his neighbour name of Cleary | C |
| He was dape in love with Mary | C |
| Small blame to him for sure she was a drame | E |
| But his love he had to smother | F |
| 'Count of Mary's wealthy brother | F |
| Wid his waggon loads of Kangaroo crame | E |
| For a clever man was Brady | C |
| Tho' some thought his methods shady | C |
| For in spite of all that they could say or do | B |
| 'Twas the thing he kept concealin' | A |
| Past the hope of all revealin' | A |
| Was his secrit of the milch Kangaroo | B |
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| For he milked them by the dozens | G |
| Not the Fiend and all his cousins | G |
| Could discover how he kep' the bastes in bounds | H |
| Then Tim Cleary thinkin' deeply | C |
| Wint and purchased rather cheaply | C |
| Half a dozen savage Kangaroo hounds | H |
| For 'twas ruination utter | F |
| That this Brady and his butter | F |
| Meant to every single soul in Wallaloo | C |
| 'An' he's overworin' Mary ' | - |
| Muttered Cleary 'wid his dairy | C |
| Wid his dairy of the milch Kangaroo ' | - |
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| 'Well you've guessed it ' said O'Brien | A |
| 'For widout a word of lyin' | A |
| Brady's flocks an' herds were scattered far an' wide | I |
| An' 'twas aisy Cleary found him | E |
| Wid his drames in tatters round him | E |
| Whin he came to claim swate Mary for his bride ' | - |
| Said O'Brien 'That's the story | C |
| An' I here declare to glory | C |
| Every single blessed word of it is thrue | C |
| An' if any would misdoubt me | C |
| I've a par of fists about me | C |
| To convince yez of the milch Kangaroo ' | - |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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