Poet Henry Lawson

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For He Was A Jolly Good Fellow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEFCC AAGGCC HHIICC JJKKCC

THEY CHEERED him from the wharf it was a glorious dayA
His hand went to his scarf his thoughts were far awayA
Oh he was Jolly Good they sang it long and loudB
The money lender stood unknown amongst the crowdB
He d taken him aside while trembling fit to fallC
No friendly eye espied the last farewell of allC
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He held a peevish kid another at his kneeD
The wife whom he could bid farewell eternallyD
Stood nagging at his side in tones that none could hearE
And deared him tender eyed when passengers came nearF
The cabin waits below the row and children s squallC
And not a soul to know the bitter farce of allC
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Their hearts were good as gold each pocket spared a trayA
They pooled them as of old to drink him on his wayA
His pile of luggage rose as bravely as the bestG
He had two suits of clothes his wife and kids the restG
He d stood em up a sov for fear of seeming smallC
And he was thinking of that worst farewell of allC
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They cheered from cargo ways and ballast heap and pileH
To last him all his days they sent him off in styleH
He only took his book He only turned his headI
In one last hopeless look towards a cargo shedI
Where one stood brimming eyed in silence by the wallC
No jealous eyes espied that last farewell of allC
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The ship is out of sight and out of memory cleanJ
He s rolling through the Bight on board the All SereneJ
His heart s like half a brick the voice of hope is dumbK
He s handicapped and sick with fear of what s to comeK
They re passing Cape Leuwin the half brick starts to fallC
But with a fiendish grin he curses land and allC

Henry Lawson



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