YE AIRSHIPS OF ENGLAND.
Ye airs-hips of old England, ?■ ' .'.-;; That guard our native land, - ~ You do not battle with the breeze, But in your sheds yon stand; '. ; 4 Tlere may ho livo or three of you, . • For no one seems to know, Km not oft D'ye so aloft, ■ . :■■'•■■ Bur. not oft D'ye go aloft, — . •■■:.:■ For you stay quite safe below-o-o-OI | All looked up down below-o-o-o! And. you don't go taking chancee waeß =: The stormy -winds do blow.
Britannia has no airships " ■ All ready for the air; ~•■. ''%'; If others have a fleet of them, ./. Why should Britannia care? ; : Sir's "tinkering with une or two ;;. Thai can't he made to go, -; -ft. Hoppinp round On the ground, Bumpins round On the :;fWhtle aloft there flies the *ee-o-o-o. : : U *c winds of war ****g^,.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 183, 2 August 1913, Page 14
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131YE AIRSHIPS OF ENGLAND. Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 183, 2 August 1913, Page 14
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