Andy's Gone With Cattle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ACAC DEDE ACAC AFAF EGEG HGHG IGJG| Our Andy's gone to battle now | A |
| 'Gainst Drought the red marauder | B |
| Our Andy's gone with cattle now | A |
| Across the Queensland border | B |
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| He's left us in dejection now | A |
| Our hearts with him are roving | C |
| It's dull on this selection now | A |
| Since Andy went a droving | C |
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| Who now shall wear the cheerful face | D |
| In times when things are slackest | E |
| And who shall whistle round the place | D |
| When Fortune frowns her blackest | E |
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| Oh who shall cheek the squatter now | A |
| When he comes round us snarling | C |
| His tongue is growing hotter now | A |
| Since Andy cross'd the Darling | C |
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| The gates are out of order now | A |
| In storms the riders' rattle | F |
| For far across the border now | A |
| Our Andy's gone with cattle | F |
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| Poor Aunty's looking thin and white | E |
| And Uncle's cross with worry | G |
| And poor old Blucher howls all night | E |
| Since Andy left Macquarie | G |
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| Oh may the showers in torrents fall | H |
| And all the tanks run over | G |
| And may the grass grow green and tall | H |
| In pathways of the drover | G |
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| And may good angels send the rain | I |
| On desert stretches sandy | G |
| And when the summer comes again | J |
| God grant 'twill bring us Andy | G |
Henry Lawson
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