Lachlan Side Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBBAAB DADA CE BFBF CE GBGB CG HIHJ CG KBKB CBBAAB| REGION of damper and junk and tea | A |
| Region of pastures wide | B |
| The fairest spots in the world to me | A |
| Are out on the Lachlan Side | B |
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| CHORUS | C |
| I m off to the Lachlan Side | B |
| Where the bright lagoons are wide | B |
| I long for river and grass and tree | A |
| And someone dearer than all to me | A |
| Far out on the Lachlan Side | B |
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| My heart was hardened against advice | D |
| And reason I would not see | A |
| For by the ocean a paradise | D |
| The city appeared to me | A |
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| CHORUS | C |
| I m off to the Lachlan Side etc | E |
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| Not I for a bumpkin s fate I cried | B |
| I ll not be a country clown | F |
| A life s too slow on the Lachlan Side | B |
| I ll go to the shining town | F |
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| CHORUS | C |
| I m off to the Lachlan Side etc | E |
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| I ve lost the battle I strike the flag | G |
| The town may sink in the tide | B |
| A wiser head and a lighter swag | G |
| I take to the Lachlan Side | B |
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| CHORUS | C |
| I m off to the Lachlan Side etc | G |
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| When crops of wool on the plains shall grow | H |
| Shall flourish in drought or rain | I |
| And when the shearers begin to mow | H |
| I ll come to the town again | J |
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| CHORUS | C |
| I m off to the Lachlan Side etc | G |
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| But now I go to a kinder fate | K |
| If her love still conquers pride | B |
| Her heart was true when she sobbed I ll wait | K |
| For you on the Lachlan Side | B |
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| CHORUS | C |
| I m off to the Lachlan Side | B |
| Where the bright lagoons are wide | B |
| I long for river and grass and tree | A |
| And someone dearer than all to me | A |
| Far out on the Lachlan Side | B |
Henry Lawson
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