1891 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCCBDEB AABFFFBDEB GGBFFFBDEB| Now Yankee inventors can beat a retreat | A |
| And German professors may take a back seat | A |
| For their colours we're going to lower | B |
| They've invented a wonderful plough in the West | C |
| The scientists call it the latest and best | C |
| It ploughs sows and reaps without taking a rest | C |
| And they drive it by kangaroo power | B |
| Sing hey | D |
| Sing ho | E |
| Then it's bully for kangaroo power | B |
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| O wondrous the changes our children shall meet | A |
| For soon we may travel the principal street | A |
| In something far short of an hour | B |
| The traffic shall flow without stoppage or jambs | F |
| And sharp little screeches and naughty big damns | F |
| For soon all the hansoms and 'busses and trams | F |
| Shall travel by kangaroo power | B |
| Sing hey | D |
| Sing ho | E |
| Then it's bully for kangaroo power | B |
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| Advance Young Australia thy banner unfurled | G |
| And jump through the years and astonish the world | G |
| Thou art of all nations the flower | B |
| And Bismarck with envy shall grind his old stumps | F |
| And Yankee inventors shall sit in the dumps | F |
| To see young Australia advancing by jumps | F |
| When driven by kangaroo power | B |
| Sing hey | D |
| Sing ho | E |
| Then it's bully for kangaroo power | B |
Henry Lawson
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