Poet Henry Lawson

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The Ballad Of The Black-sheep Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AA BCBCDD DD EFEFDD DD GCGCHH ICICJJ KK

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A
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A black sheep from England who worked on the runB
Riding where the stockmen rideC
He sat by the hut when the day s work was doneB
Lone huts where the black sheep bideC
I m tired of my life to his lone self said heD
My girl and my country are both done with meD
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I m tired of my life to the wide scrubs said heD
My girl and my country are long done with meD
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He took from a packet a portrait and curlE
Such things as the exiles keepF
And sadly he gazed at the face of the girlE
Lost girl of a lost black sheepF
I ll go where there s fighting and die there said heD
My girl and my country are well rid of meD
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I ll go where there s fighting and die there said heD
For heart break and country that s well rid of meD
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He rode with a thousand he rode with the bestG
Riding as bushmen rideC
Who d ridden alone on the wastes of the WestG
Wide wastes where the drought fiends bideC
They rode as they d ride to an up country ballH
And the laugh of the black sheep was lightest of allH
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The road was a shambles the hill was a hellI
Red rosed where the reckless rideC
And he with the foremost lay torn by a shellI
Die hard where your father diedC
the death of a rebel he laughed as he groanedJ
for the land that adoptee the land that disownedJ
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the death of a black sheep they laugh as they groanK
for the lands that adopt and the lands that disownK

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