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m. ". We-be eleven .good men and-stont, Young and fit and, trained to an ounce, ißnnnlng about .and running about, 1 " ..' Watching a footbedl bounce. - Some' of us cost a- thousand pounds, Some of us stand forten per cent. ••"-. •Do-you thJhk it is likely "that we shall igb Where Roberts and Nelson went? ■ Others may send their sons to' die ' For us, and Honour,. and' England's sake. But we are the men -that managers .buy; We have money to; ;make._. And we shall appear' when"the last "grin - sounds, - '--.■•—'-;-■•-.-■". - -•-:...: :,-■-- And Sorrow'has, covered the; dead men up, (Sleek and solid and sound of limb. Clasping the' English Cup: i:\ .',,; "."• I
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 68, 20 March 1915, Page 14
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108HEROES. Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 68, 20 March 1915, Page 14
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