The Man From Waterloo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EAEA FGF HII IJIJ KLKL MNMN EJEA OPQP R RI SAAA ITIT AAAA JEUE AHAH PVPV AAAA

It was the Man from WaterlooA
When work in town was slackB
Who took the track as bushmen doA
And humped his swag out backB
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He tramped for months without a bobC
For most the sheds were fullD
Until at last he got a jobC
At picking up the woolD
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He found the work was rather roughE
But swore to see it throughA
For he was made of sterling stuffE
The Man from WaterlooA
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The first remark was like a stabF
That fell his ear uponG
'Twas 'There's another something scabF
'The boss has taken on '-
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They couldn't let the towny beH
They sneered like anythingI
They'd mock him when he'd sound the 'g'I
In words that end in 'ing '-
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There came a man from IronbarkI
And at the shed he shoreJ
He scoffed his victuals like a sharkI
And like a fiend he sworeJ
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He'd shorn his flowing beard that dayK
He found it hard to reapL
Because 'twas hot and in the wayK
While he was shearing sheepL
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His loaded fork in grimy holtM
Was poised his jaws moved fastN
Impatient till his throat could boltM
The mouthful taken lastN
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He couldn't stand a something toffE
Much less a jackarooJ
And swore to take the trimmings offE
The Man from WaterlooA
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The towny saw he must be upO
Or else be underneathP
And so one day before them allQ
He dared to clean his teethP
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The men came running from the shedR
And shouted 'Here's a lark '-
'It's gone to clean its tooties ' saidR
The man from IronbarkI
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His feeble joke was much enjoyedS
He sneered as bullies doA
And with a scrubbing brush he guyedA
The Man from WaterlooA
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The Jackaroo made no remarkI
But peeled and waded inT
And soon the Man from IronbarkI
Had three teeth less to grinT
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And when they knew that he could fightA
They swore to see him throughA
Because they saw that he was rightA
The Man from WaterlooA
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Now in a shop in Sydney nearJ
The Bottle on the ShelfE
The tale is told with trimmings byU
The Jackaroo himselfE
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'They made my life a hell ' he saidA
'They wouldn't let me beH
They set the bully of the shedA
'To take it out of meH
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'The dirt was on him like a sheathP
'He seldom washed his phizV
'He sneered because I cleaned my teethP
'I guess I dusted hisV
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'I treated them as they deservedA
'I signed on one or twoA
'They won't forget me soon ' observedA
The Man from WaterlooA

Henry Lawson



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