Somewhere Up In Queensland Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABACDCCBCBCEFE ABCBCGHG IBCBAJIJ ACACAJAK AKDKACACHe'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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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