The Song Of The Sulky Stockman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCCB DBDBEEEEB FBFBGGGGB HBHBIIIIB JBJBKKKLBBB| Come let us sing with a right good ring | A |
| Sing hey for lifting lay sing hey | B |
| Of any old sunny old silly old thing | A |
| Sing ho for the ballad of a backblock day | B |
| The sun shone brightly overhead | C |
| And the shearers stood by the shearing shed | C |
| But The run wants rain the stockman said | C |
| Sing di dum wattle gum Narrabori Ned | C |
| For a lifting lay sing hey | B |
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| The colts were clipped and the sheep were shorn | D |
| Sing hey for a lilting lay sing hey | B |
| But the stockman stood there all forlorn | D |
| Sing ho for the ballad of a backblock day | B |
| The rails were up and the gate was tied | E |
| And the big black bull was safe inside | E |
| But The wind's gone West the stockman sighed | E |
| Sing di dum wattle gum rally for a ride | E |
| For a lifting lay sing hey | B |
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| The cook came out as the clock struck one | F |
| Sing hey for a lilting lay sing hey | B |
| And the boundary rider got his gun | F |
| Sing ho for the ballad of a backblock day | B |
| He fired it once at an old black crow | G |
| But the shot went wide for he aimed too low | G |
| And the stockman said Fat stock is low | G |
| Sing di dum wattle gum Jerridiiii Joe | G |
| For a lifting lay sing hey | B |
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| They spread their swags in the gum tree's shade | H |
| Sing hey for a lilting lay sing hey | B |
| For the work was done and the cheques were paid | H |
| Sing ho for the ballad of a backblock day | B |
| The overseer rode in at three | I |
| But his horse pulled back and would not gee | I |
| And the stockman said We're up a tree | I |
| Sing di dum wattle gum Johnny cake for tea | I |
| For a lilting lay sing hey | B |
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| The sun sank down and the stars shone out | J |
| Sing hey for a lifting lay sing hey | B |
| And the old book keeper moped about | J |
| Sing ho for the ballad of a backblock day | B |
| The dingo walled to the mopoke's call | K |
| The crazy colt stamped in his stall | K |
| But the stockman groaned it's bunk for all | K |
| Sing di dum wattle gum wattle gum wattle gum | L |
| Hey for a backblock day | B |
| Sing hey | B |
| Sing hey for a lifting lay | B |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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