A Mixed Battle Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBBBDEFEEGHEIJJKLK MEEEEEDEJJEEE| Lo the Boar s tail is salted and the Kangaroo s exalted | A |
| And his right eye is extinguished by a man o warsman s cap | B |
| He is flying round the fences where the Southern Sea commences | C |
| And he s very much excited for a quiet sort of chap | B |
| For his ships have had a scrap and they ve marked it on the map | B |
| Where the H M A S Sydney dropped across a German trap | B |
| So the Kangaroo s a chasing of his Blessed Self and racing | D |
| From Cape York right round to Leeuwin from the coast to Nevertire | E |
| And of him need be no more said save that to the tail aforesaid | F |
| Is the Blue Australian Ensign firmly fixed with copper wire | E |
| When he s filled the map with white men there ll be little to desire | E |
| I was sulky I was moody I m inclined to being broody | G |
| When the news appeared in Sydney bringing joy and bringing tears | H |
| There s an undertone of sorrow that you ll understand to morrow | E |
| And I felt a something in me that had not been there for years | I |
| Though I lean in the direction of most absolute Protection | J |
| And of wheat on the selection | J |
| And considering Congestion and the hopeless unemployed | K |
| I d a notion but I hid it that the way the Emden did it | L |
| Twould be better for Australia if her commerce was destroyed | K |
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| You may say that war s a curse but the peace curse may be worse | M |
| When it s lasted till it s rotten rotten from the inmost core | E |
| To the mouldy skin which we are in the land we call the freer | E |
| And I almost feel inclined to call for Three Cheers for the War | E |
| For I think when all is over from Magellan s Straits to Dover | E |
| Things will be a great deal better than they ever were before | E |
| But since Peace and Right are squalling I ll content myself with calling | D |
| For three rousers like the ringing cheers we used to give of yore | E |
| For the Emden | J |
| For the Sydney | J |
| And their gallant crews and captains both of whom we ve met before | E |
| And for Kaiser William s nevvy we shall venture three cheers more | E |
| Cheers that go to end a war | E |
Henry Lawson
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