WILLIAM AND HIS U BOATS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 143, 16 June 1917, Page 13

WILLIAM AND HIS U BOATS.

Although my High-Seas Fleet remains at Kiel. For certain reasons which 1 need not mention, JTbere is no need that yon should keep to heel And snare its unavoidable detention. Rather your duty is, at my command, To sally forth and save the Fatherland. Tis yours, my gallant craft, to Btrlke a blow, Sot at the braggart Beatty'e well-armed But at the very vitals of the foe By sending down his merchantmen and trawlers. Remembering, as you rush to the attack. That these "possess no means of hitting back. Although the longed-for Day may come at length. There seems no early chance of this occurring; But -nhpu I boast about my strength It will be you to whom 1 am referring Sink all that you may meet upon the sea. And leave expressions of regret to mc. liemember, as you slink beneath the foam, lour Kaiser waits your coming, proud but prayerful. Begginc his gott to send you safely home Despite of traps and mines so do be careful That you may still preserve until the end The "freedom of tbe seas" which I defend, i (in the "DaUy Mail."!