Tambaroora Jim Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEECC DDFFCC GHIICC JJKKCC LLMMCC NNDDCC OOPPCC QQRRCC| He never drew a sword to fight a dozen foes alone | A |
| Nor gave a life to save a life no better than his own | A |
| He lived because he had been born the hero of my song | B |
| And fought the battle with his fist whene er he fought a wrong | B |
| Yet there are many men who would do anything for him | C |
| A simple chap as went by name of Tambaroora Jim | C |
| He used to keep a shanty in the Come and find it Scrub | D |
| And there were few but knew the name of Tambaroora s pub | D |
| He wasn t great in lambing down as many landlords are | E |
| And never was a man less fit to stand behind a bar | E |
| Off hand as most bush natives are and freckled tall and slim | C |
| A careless native of the land was Tambaroora Jim | C |
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| When people said that loafers took the profit from his pub | D |
| He d ask them how they thought a chap could do without his grub | D |
| He d say I ve gone for days myself without a bite or sup | F |
| Oh I ve been through the mill and know what tis to be hard up | F |
| He might have made his fortune but he wasn t in the swim | C |
| For no one had a softer heart than Tambaroora Jim | C |
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| One dismal day I tramped across the Come and find it Flats | G |
| With Ballarat Adolphus and a mate of Ballarat s | H |
| Twas nearly night and raining fast and all our things were damp | I |
| We d no tobacco and our legs were aching with the cramp | I |
| We couldn t raise a cent and so our lamp of hope was dim | C |
| And thus we struck the shanty kept by Tambaroora Jim | C |
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| We dropped our swags beneath a tree and squatted in despair | J |
| But Jim came out to watch the rain and saw us sitting there | J |
| He came and muttered I suppose you haven t half a crown | K |
| But come and get some tucker and a drink to wash it down | K |
| And so we took our blueys up and went along with him | C |
| And then we knew why bushmen swore by Tambaroora Jim | C |
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| We sat beside his kitchen fire and nursed our tired knees | L |
| And blessed him when we heard the rain go rushing through the trees | L |
| He made us stay although he knew we couldn t raise a bob | M |
| And tuckered us until we made some money on a job | M |
| And many times since then we ve filled our glasses to the brim | C |
| And drunk in many pubs the health of Tambaroora Jim | C |
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| A man need never want a meal while Jim had junk to carve | N |
| For Tambaroora always said a fellow couldn t starve | N |
| And this went on until he got a bailiff in his pub | D |
| Through helping chaps as couldn t raise the money for their grub | D |
| And so one rainy evening as the distant range grew dim | C |
| He humped his bluey from the Flats did Tambaroora Jim | C |
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| I miss the fun in Jim s old bar the laughter and the noise | O |
| The jolly hours I used to spend on pay nights with the boys | O |
| But that s all past and vain regrets are useless I ll allow | P |
| They say the Come and find it Flats are all deserted now | P |
| Poor Tambaroora s dead perhaps but that s all right with him | C |
| Saint Peter cottons on to chaps like Tambaroora Jim | C |
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| I trust that he and I may meet where starry fields are grand | Q |
| And liquor up together in the pubs in spirit land | Q |
| But if you chance to drop on Jim while in the West my lad | R |
| You won t forget to tell him that I want to see him bad | R |
| I want to shake his hand again I want to shout for him | C |
| I want to have a glass or two with Tambaroora Jim | C |
Henry Lawson
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