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 AAAAIt was the Man from Waterloo | A |
When work in town was slack | B |
Who took the track as bushmen do | A |
And humped his swag out back | B |
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He tramped for months without a bob | C |
For most the sheds were full | D |
Until at last he got a job | C |
At picking up the wool | D |
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He found the work was rather rough | E |
But swore to see it through | A |
For he was made of sterling stuff | E |
The Man from Waterloo | A |
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The first remark was like a stab | F |
That fell his ear upon | G |
'Twas 'There's another something scab | F |
'The boss has taken on ' | - |
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They couldn't let the towny be | H |
They sneered like anything | I |
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 Ironbark | I |
And at the shed he shore | J |
He scoffed his victuals like a shark | I |
And like a fiend he swore | J |
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He'd shorn his flowing beard that day | K |
He found it hard to reap | L |
Because 'twas hot and in the way | K |
While he was shearing sheep | L |
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His loaded fork in grimy holt | M |
Was poised his jaws moved fast | N |
Impatient till his throat could bolt | M |
The mouthful taken last | N |
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He couldn't stand a something toff | E |
Much less a jackaroo | J |
And swore to take the trimmings off | E |
The Man from Waterloo | A |
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The towny saw he must be up | O |
Or else be underneath | P |
And so one day before them all | Q |
He dared to clean his teeth | P |
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The men came running from the shed | R |
And shouted 'Here's a lark ' | - |
'It's gone to clean its tooties ' said | R |
The man from Ironbark | I |
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His feeble joke was much enjoyed | S |
He sneered as bullies do | A |
And with a scrubbing brush he guyed | A |
The Man from Waterloo | A |
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The Jackaroo made no remark | I |
But peeled and waded in | T |
And soon the Man from Ironbark | I |
Had three teeth less to grin | T |
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And when they knew that he could fight | A |
They swore to see him through | A |
Because they saw that he was right | A |
The Man from Waterloo | A |
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Now in a shop in Sydney near | J |
The Bottle on the Shelf | E |
The tale is told with trimmings by | U |
The Jackaroo himself | E |
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'They made my life a hell ' he said | A |
'They wouldn't let me be | H |
They set the bully of the shed | A |
'To take it out of me | H |
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'The dirt was on him like a sheath | P |
'He seldom washed his phiz | V |
'He sneered because I cleaned my teeth | P |
'I guess I dusted his | V |
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'I treated them as they deserved | A |
'I signed on one or two | A |
'They won't forget me soon ' observed | A |
The Man from Waterloo | A |
Henry Lawson
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