The Old Shanty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEBB FFGG H IIDDFF| Look at 'em Toffs with their big cigars | A |
| Drivin' along in their motor cars | A |
| Nothin' at all like the olden days | B |
| When the blokes came by in their bullock drays | B |
| When a cut o' the joint and a hunk o' bread | C |
| Was a meal for a king an' a man was fed | C |
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| But beer Why man they could lap a lot | D |
| There was thousands made on this very spot | D |
| Forchins taken behind this bar | E |
| An' never the sight of a motor car | E |
| Or a dolled up mug with 'is bag o' tricks | B |
| Lookin' for tucker at 'arf past six | B |
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| Struth I ain't running no resterong | F |
| With food on the table the 'ole day long | F |
| This is a pub or it used to be | G |
| An' the bar room takin's is wot suits me | G |
| But 'the food ain't 'ot ' and 'the rooms ain't clean ' | - |
| An' they spen's on likker not one brass bean | H |
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| A bed an' a blanket was good enough | I |
| When thirsts was 'earty an' men was tough | I |
| But the 'ole darn country has gone to pot | D |
| With their Licensin' Court an' all that rot | D |
| A ladies' boardin' 'ouse that's their lurk | F |
| Aw I'm goin' to chuck it an' look for work | F |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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