TO A GOOD FRIEND.
With propaganda much re-Hearst. John Bull, Your wsv- are vilified and cursed, ' John Ball: And yet. old friend, for, all the lies Whii-h (lpm_g-.-r.es and fools devise And all the varied stunts they pull, V.'c view you xvith ni.jaundiced eyes, John Bull. Yon are not perfeft. we agree, John Bull. Tint neither, by and large, are we. John Bi-.11. We fought each other. long ago. Bur .fought Lie iHcn together, so Our mingled blood hart paid in full Whatever mutual grudge we owe, John Bull. Thou.T- agitators snarl and screech. John Bull, Our bond of blood and commou speech John Bull, Will not lie lost. At times we gaze Bewildered at each other'? ways. Towards diverse end.-; we seem to pull; I3nt that'- a temporary phase, John Bull," We'd fuss and bicker, there", no doubt, John Bull. But like good pals we'll thresh it out, John Bull. •Don't mind the cure thnt snarl at heel: At heart we know you're true as steel: A fuil yard wide and wool—all wool; That's just exactly how we feel, John Bull 1 —Berton Bradley, in "Life" (Xew York).
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 254, 23 October 1920, Page 17
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TO A GOOD FRIEND.
Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 254, 23 October 1920, Page 17
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