Somewhere Up In Queensland Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABACDCCBCBCEFE ABCBCGHG IBCBAJIJ ACACAJAK AKDKACAC| He's somewhere up in Queensland | A |
| The old folks used to say | B |
| He s somewhere up in Queensland | A |
| The people say to day | B |
| But Somewhere up in Queensland | A |
| That uncle used to know | C |
| That filled our hearts with wonder | D |
| Seems vanished long ago | C |
| He s gone to Queensland droving | C |
| The old folks used to say | B |
| He s gone to Queensland droving | C |
| The people say to day | B |
| But gone to Queensland droving | C |
| Might mean in language plain | E |
| He follows stock in buggies | F |
| And gets supplies by train | E |
| - | |
| He s knocking round in Queensland | A |
| The old folks used to say | B |
| He s gone to Queensland roving | C |
| His sweetheart says to day | B |
| But gone to Queensland roving | C |
| By mighty plain and scrub | G |
| Might mean he drives a motor car | H |
| For Missus Moneygrub | G |
| - | |
| He s looking for new country | I |
| The old folks used to say | B |
| Our boy has gone exploring | C |
| Fond parents say to day | B |
| Exploring out in Queensland | A |
| Might only mean to some | J |
| He s salesman in the drapery | I |
| Of a bush emporium | J |
| - | |
| To somewhere up in Queensland | A |
| Went Tom and Ted and Jack | C |
| From somewhere up in Queensland | A |
| The dusty cheques come back | C |
| From somewhere up in Queensland | A |
| Brown drovers used to come | J |
| And someone up in Queensland | A |
| Kept many a southern home | K |
| - | |
| Somewhere up in Queensland | A |
| How many black sheep roam | K |
| Who never write a letter | D |
| And never think of home | K |
| For someone up in Queensland | A |
| How many a mother spoke | C |
| For someone up in Queensland | A |
| How many a girl s heart broke | C |
Henry Lawson
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