OLD KAIKOURA

Kaikoura Star, Volume LIII, Issue 56, 20 July 1933, Page 4

OLD KAIKOURA

A COMMUNITY SING OF SIXTY YEARS AGO. (Cepy right.) When Maui from the nether deep These noble islands drew, What startled Tan gar oa from sleep— To Ika Pounamu. Far onward where his venturing keel The great green roller dared, I -'ore -run ner of the Common wee I, The Polynesian fared. Koura and the tuna here, The duck ami swan abound, Kaka, tui, kereru Teem the dark forest round ■ Wainiha for a thousand years Determined here would dwell— Ariki, hoar tohuuga, seers Who cast the magic spell. Acia and I’oharania Of Takahanga tell, Of Neigho Manga, fateful day When Rerowhaka fell. But blessed be the day that brought The Gospel and the Law. Pipere Tapu for our guide And peace along the shore. { ‘ Ko ia. to taki o te pai, Nona and te atawhai H pumau tonu tana ki K Pono to ao Katoa. ” Soon hardy toilets of the st a With .Fife will take the, whale. While Fraser beats the Ruby in Against the piping gale. We sec the stalwart pioneers Four-square and marching strong. While ringing down the rolling years We bear their heartfelt song“Hume boys* Home! H’s home we ought to be, iloiue. boys 4 Home, in the Ohl Country. The Oak and the ash, and the hardy willotv tree, ’''hey all grow green in the Old Country.” lletf’s llarrv Lovell with the mail, I’our hundred miles to ride, With here a. hut and there a hut. Far by the country .side. Tom Lvl'okl by the Clarence >Struam, Dirk Monk by Conway side. .Jim Ingram where the snows agleanx Are on the Alain Divide. Joe Haundcrs, Boulter, Joseph Ward, Who made the great survev; Charles Evans, bullocks at the ford, Bogged deep with loaded dray. Jackson, Flint, Hodgeman, Cooper, Jones With all th-uir kith and kin. They build above the moa bonus. The country-side they win. Mr Innes .builds the wooden bridge, . -Donnell cuts the drain, Schroeder and Close turn up the ridge And reap the rolling grain. David Boyd, of Carrickftn, With kindly word and smile, MacDonald, Campbell, sundered far From 4 4 Haute” and Western Isle.

j I heard the tune the pipcis played, I I kent its rise and fa’ i The wild MacGregor slogan—- | The grandest o’ them a’.” | Jamie Gray, with hardened ha ml, lie shod the prancing marc; George Rorrison and AV till Guiraud 1 Far frac the toon o’ Ayr. I ‘ 4 Ye Banks and Braes o’ Bonnie Doon How can ye bloom sue frash and fair? ' How can ye chant ye little birds. , And 1. sac weary fu ’o’ care?” . 1 letlier, he who roTe to hounds, ! Dickenson, Gooch, Goodall. Far-sundered from their native bounds, , Hearing Old England call. 1 Wattie Lawson, Michael Dec, , And Jerry Curtain strong, I Trumble and Taylor, taking tea, i The School-house road along. i Whilst Knowles upon his horse o’ pride Comes ben their bairn,-, tac teach, John Wallace frac the Border side Grips hands wi’ Jamie Leitch. : Joseph Pool with Edward Hailes, And Harry Gibson nigh. John Harnett leaning at the rails, George Eaton jigging by. William Broughan and Dublin ISmilk John Peoples, Gallagher, Hill— Not one exalted, none beneath, Of kindly word ami will. “With my bundle on my shoulder, There’s iroman could bo bolder, Ami I’m leaving dear old Ireland In the morning. John Burrel, Gill mg, Gill, McLeod, Galbraith and Doddymedc, John Hintz, John Paa.]), of Wbeatjnuds proud, The colliers’ “Lass” and “Tweed.” “Miss Clyde” and “Rimu’- many a good Ami game ami gallant steed, The dauntless, never-beaten Dan O’Connell in their lead. Hfout, Charlie I’almer, “G-ood, My Lad 1” Luke Abrahams, Charles Brunel, Your old Dad and my old Dud— Men we remembered well. The Mothers ami the wives of these Their patient wumeukind, Who browned the buns, infused the leas To faults and lollies blind. “Darling, I am growing old, Silver threads among the gold, Shine upon my brow to-day, Life is fading fast away.” But, my darling, you will be Always young and fair to me.” George Kenner, with the ready pen, lie tohl their cares and joys. He barracked for his fellow-men, And now we have the boys. ‘ For why the Lord our God is good, His mercy is for ever sure; His truth at all times firmly stood, And shall from age to age endure.