The Austral-aise

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



Fellers of Australier,
  Blokes an' coves an' coots,
Shift yer --- carcases,
  Move yer --- boots.
Gird yer --- loins up,
  Get yer --- gun,
Set the --- enermy
  An' watch the blighters run.

CHORUS:
  Get a --- move on,
     Have some --- sense.
  Learn the --- art of
     Self de- --- -fence.

Have some --- brains be-
  Neath yer --- lids.
An' swing a --- sabre
  Fer the missus an' the kids.
Chuck supportin' --- posts,
  An' strikin' --- lights,
Support a ---- fam'ly an'
  Strike fer yer --- rights.

CHORUS:
  Get a --- move on, etc.

Joy is --- fleetin',
  Life is --- short.
Wot's the use uv wastin' it
  All on --- sport?
Hitch yer --- tip-dray
  To a --- star.
Let yer --- watchword be
  "Australi- --- -ar!"

CHORUS:
  Get a --- move on, etc.

'0w's the --- nation
  Goin' to ixpand
'Lest us --- blokes an' coves
  Lend a --- 'and?
'Eave yer --- apathy
  Down a --- chasm;
'Ump yer --- burden with
  Enthusi- --- -asm.

CHORUS:
  Get a --- move on, etc.

W'en old mother Britain
  Calls yer native land
Take a --- rifle
  In yer --- 'and
Keep yer --- upper lip
  Stiff as stiff kin be,
An' speed a --- bullet for
  Post- --- -ity.

CHORUS:
  Get a --- move on, etc.

W'en the --- bugle
  Sounds "Ad- --- -vance"
Don't be like a flock er sheep
  In a --- trance
Biff the --- Kaiser
  Where it don't agree
Spifler- --- -cate him
  To Eternity.

CHORUS:
  Get a --- move on, etc.

Fellers of Australier,
  Cobbers, chaps an' mates,
Hear the --- German
  Kickin' at the gates!
Blow the --- bugle,
  Beat the --- drum,
Upper-cut an' out the cow
  To kingdom- --- -come!

CHORUS:
  Get a --- move on,
     Have some --- sense.
  Learn the --- art of
     Self de- --- -fence.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 1,602
Words 315
Stanzas 14
Stanza Lengths 8, 5, 8, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 8, 5

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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