Analysis of Middleton's Rouseabout

Tall and freckled and sandy,
 Face of a country lout;
This was the picture of Andy,
 Middleton's Rouseabout.

Type of a coming nation,
 In the land of cattle and sheep,
Worked on Middleton's station,
 `Pound a week and his keep.'

On Middleton's wide dominions
 Plied the stockwhip and shears;
Hadn't any opinions,
 Hadn't any `idears'.

Swiftly the years went over,
 Liquor and drought prevailed;
Middleton went as a drover,
 After his station had failed.

Type of a careless nation,
 Men who are soon played out,
Middleton was: -- and his station
 Was bought by the Rouseabout.

Flourishing beard and sandy,
 Tall and robust and stout;
This is the picture of Andy,
 Middleton's Rouseabout.

Now on his own dominions
 Works with his overseers;
Hasn't any opinions,
 Hasn't any `idears'.