A Departing Dirge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCD EEFFGG HHIIJJ GGC GG| Girls in town and boys out back | A |
| I've rolled up my little pack | A |
| And on june's chill wintry gales | B |
| Sail from pleasant New South Wales | B |
| Ere I go a doggerel song | C |
| To bid the whole caboose 'So long ' | D |
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| Saddle gear and horses sold | E |
| Fetched but scanty stock of gold | E |
| Scanty yet the whole lot | F |
| Publicans and Flossies got | F |
| Since I in this country landed | G |
| Ne'er before was I so 'stranded' | G |
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| Now I'm leaving Sydney's shore | H |
| Harder up than e'er before | H |
| A keen appetite I feel | I |
| To taste a bit o' British veal | I |
| And let's trust across the foam | J |
| They have a fatted calf at home | J |
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| From duns and debts once safe on board | G |
| Pray deliver me oh Lord | G |
| Here's the burden of my song | C |
| 'Good bye old girl Old chap So long ' | - |
| Hardest loss of all I find | G |
| To leave the good old horse behind | G |
| So long 'Cavalier ' | - |
Harry 'breaker' Harbord Morant
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