Cuppacumalonga

Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)



'Rover, rover, cattle-drover, where go you to-day?'
I go to Cuppacumalomga, fifty miles away;
  Over plains where Summer rains have sung a song of glee,
  Over hills where laughing rills go seeking for the sea,
I go to Cuppacumalonga, to my brother Bill.
     Then come along, ah, come along!
        Ah, come to Cuppacumalonga!
           Come to Cuppacumalonga Hill!

'Rover, rover, cattle-drover, how do you get there?'
For twenty miles I amble on upon my pony mare,
  The walk awhile and talk awhile to country men I know,
  Then up to ride a mile beside a team that travels slow,
And last to Cuppacumalonga, riding with a will.
     Then come along, ah, come along!
        Ah, come to Cuppacumalonga!
           Come to Cuppacumalonga Hill!

'Rover, rover, cattle-drover, what do you do then?'
I camp beneath a kurrajong with three good cattle-men;
  Then off away at break of day, with strong hands on the reins,
  To laugh and sing while mustering the cattle on the plains -
For up to Cuppacumalonga life is jolly still.
     Then come along, ah, come along!
        Ah, come to Cuppacumalonga!
           Come to Cuppacumalonga Hill!

'Rover, rover, cattle-drover, how may I go too?'
I'll saddle up my creamy colt and he shall carry you -
  My creamy colt who will not bolt, who does not shy nor kick -
  We'll pack the load and take the road and travel very quick.
And if the day brings work or play we'll meet it with a will.
     So Hi for Cuppacumalonga!
        Come Along, ah, come along!
           Ah, come to Cuppacumalonga Hill!

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme aabbcDDC eeffcDDC gghhcDDC iijjcddc
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,522
Words 264
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 8

Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis

Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis, better known as C. J. Dennis, was an Australian poet known for his humorous poems, especially "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke", published in the early 20th century. Though Dennis's work is less well known today, his 1915 publication of The Sentimental Bloke sold 65,000 copies in its first year, and by 1917 he was the most prosperous poet in Australian history. Together with Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson, both of whom he had collaborated with, he is often considered among Australia's three most famous poets. While attributed to Lawson by 1911, Dennis later claimed he himself was the 'laureate of the larrikin'. When he died at the age of 61, the Prime Minister of Australia Joseph Lyons suggested he was destined to be remembered as the 'Australian Robert Burns'. more…

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