Black and White
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
They fights their fights and they hunt their game,
As they did before the white man came,
Far in the unexplored Outback,
Where still Australia's mostly black.
They little know of white men's laws,
Or of Australia's cherished cause,
Or any of that bag of tricks
Of policies or politics.
Yet, tho' they little dream of it,
Our wild black brothers do their bit;
For while they hanker for a fight
They help to keep Australia white.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AABB XXCC DDEE |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 424 |
Words | 79 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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