ELECTION AND PROHIBITION. 1919

Evening Star, Issue 17226, 16 December 1919, Page 1

ELECTION AND PROHIBITION. 1919

■ « TO TP.IOIIPHE. Sir,—Your rc:idcTs, I ken, like tae hear the Doric at naiiiday, and it pleasures me to fiend tho doon-s-ct screed in honor o' the victory o' common scum and loyalty: I. The feeht is ome, an' we h-.ic won, And mony a hard day's wark is don«; The traitor loons are weel put doon, And 'twill bo lang (ill they come roon. 11. Fanatics, too, are oot o' braithe. Ma fegs! they nearly got their daithe! They"tried to stap our wee bit tot: The kim.ra thundered cot "What rot!" in. For what could Britons bo but free? They ne'er were teacht tae bend tho knee. And as the sires the sons will do, Nor, tak' ma word, wull they e're rue. IV. For ages noo, the worl' a' o'er, Men aye could tak' their drink galore; 'Twas Natures wye tae dae them guid, An' warm or "purify their biude. T. A guid New Year tae ane an.* a'; An' tae yer share may a' guid fa'; May beer an' "Scotch be in their ben— A gift frae Providenoe, ye ken, , ~. To Triompho. December .17, 1919,