Bound For The Lord-knows-where Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEE EGEGBEHE IBHBJEKEE ELMLEENE OHHHHEPEE EHEHQEHERE STUTVEWEE HXHYZEHE| 'Where are you going with your horse and bike | A |
| And the townsfolk still at rest | B |
| Where are you going with your swag and pack | C |
| And the night still in the West | B |
| Your clothes are worn and your cheques are gone | D |
| But your eyes are free from care | E |
| We re bushmen down for a spree in town | F |
| And we re bound for the Lord knows where | E |
| Old chap we re bound for the Lord knows where | E |
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| There are great dark scrubs in the Lord knows where | E |
| Where they fight it out alone | G |
| There are wide wide plains in the Lord knows where | E |
| Where a man s soul is his own | G |
| There is healthy work there is healthy rest | B |
| There is peace from self torture there | E |
| And the glorious freedom from paltriness | H |
| And they re bound for the Lord knows where | E |
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| Now where are you going in your Sunday suit | I |
| And a bag for your second best | B |
| Now where are you going with your chest of tools | H |
| And the old togs in the chest | B |
| With your six clean shirts and a pound of weed | J |
| And enough for a third class fare | E |
| Oh I ll be afloat by the very next boat | K |
| And I m bound for the Lord knows where | E |
| Old chap I m bound for the Lord knows where | E |
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| There are wide wide seas to the Lord knows where | E |
| Where a man might have a spell | L |
| The things turn up in the Lord knows where that | M |
| We waited for too well | L |
| There s a stranger land in the Lord knows where | E |
| And a show for the stranger there | E |
| There is war and quake more work to make | N |
| And he s bound for the Lord knows where | E |
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| Now where are you going with your Gladstone bag | O |
| With your shirt case and valise | H |
| Now where are you going with your cap and shoes | H |
| And your looks of joyful peace | H |
| Now where are you going with your money belts | H |
| And your drafts on the first bank there | E |
| We have made a hit or we ve made a bit | P |
| And we re bound for the Lord knows where | E |
| Old chap we re bound for the Lord knows where | E |
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| There are sinful ports in the Lord knows where | E |
| There are marvellous sights to see | H |
| There are high old games in the Lord knows where | E |
| That were known to you and me | H |
| There is love and music and life and light from | Q |
| The Heads to Lester Square | E |
| There is more than space for their high young hearts | H |
| There is safety or danger there | E |
| And they ll come back wild or they ll come back tamed | R |
| When they ve been to the Lord knows where | E |
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| Now where am I going with my whisky flask | S |
| And with little else beside | T |
| Now where am I going with my second shirt | U |
| To wear while the first is dried | T |
| I have marred my name and I ve lost my fame | V |
| But my hope s in good repair | E |
| There are lies about there are warrants out | W |
| And I m bound for the Lord knows where | E |
| Old Chap and I m bound for the Lord knows where | E |
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| There s a rise and fall of the sloping decks | H |
| That is good for a soul in pain | X |
| There s the drowsy rest on the sunlight sea | H |
| Till your strength comes back again | Y |
| Oh the wild mad spirit is hypnotized | Z |
| And nerves are tranquil there | E |
| And the past is hushed in forgetfulness | H |
| On the road to the Lord knows where | E |
Henry Lawson
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