Dedicated to our Sixth and Previous Contingents.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 36, 12 February 1901, Page 1

Dedicated to our Sixth and Previous Contingents.

Our lads have gone to-day, In a business kind of way : Without excessive hugging and caressing; And what we gladly wish them, As they travel day by day, [ing. Is all good earthly luck and heavenly blessThey heard the Empire’s call, And they rolled up one and all, Their only fear was being left behind; They’re as fine a lot of men As you’ll meet with now and then, For a better you will search and never find. They have gone to eateh DeWet, But they haven’t got him yet, For he’s not a man who sits upon a rail; So we’ll bear in mind the fable, How the boy was quickly able To catch the bird with salt upon its tail. They are all chock-full of go, Which the Boers will quickly know,’ And I think you’ll find (this tip will come

out right, Yon may safely bet a bob They’ll be always on the job, Should it happen to be morning, noon, or night. We are proud of all our boys, Who have left home and home joys, And gone where duty points, across the sea. They will tighten up the belt When marohing o’er the veldt.

And be content with bully beef and tea. And when it comes to fight They will prove their grit all right, Rhenoster Kop has proved it very well. If they only get a show, And the chief will let ’em go, They’ll drive the Boers to glory or to Come one, come all, At the Empire’s call, Where the brave are always seen; They will fight, and will die, For the Flag and our King, [Queen. As they’ve done for.oar dear old A. M. Newman. Jan. 31st, 1901.