The Free-selector's Daughter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DBEB FBCB GBGB HBIB JBJB KBKB LBMB| I met her on the Lachlan Side | A |
| A darling girl I thought her | B |
| And ere I left I swore I'd win | C |
| The free selector's daughter | B |
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| I milked her father's cows a month | D |
| I brought the wood and water | B |
| I mended all the broken fence | E |
| Before I won the daughter | B |
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| I listened to her father's yarns | F |
| I did just what I oughter' | B |
| And what you'll have to do to win | C |
| A free selector's daughter | B |
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| I broke my pipe and burnt my twist | G |
| And washed my mouth with water | B |
| I had a shave before I kissed | G |
| The free selector's daughter | B |
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| Then rising in the frosty morn | H |
| I brought the cows for Mary | B |
| And when I'd milked a bucketful | I |
| I took it to the dairy | B |
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| I poured the milk into the dish | J |
| While Mary held the strainer | B |
| I summoned heart to speak my wish | J |
| And oh her blush grew plainer | B |
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| I told her I must leave the place | K |
| I said that I would miss her | B |
| At first she turned away her face | K |
| And then she let me kiss her | B |
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| I put the bucket on the ground | L |
| And in my arms I caught her | B |
| I'd give the world to hold again | M |
| That free selector's daughter | B |
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