THE FLYING SQUADRON.
When the Spanish vessels Rather Uke th»j pirate fleets of yore. When they seek to sweep the ocean All along the Cuban snore. When they strip themselves for action And the eyes of nations stare. You can bet the Flying Squadron And its fighters Will There. When the woe of war's upon us. When destroyers plough the s< ;i. When Morro Castle crumb!* s Aud th<- Cuban Hag is tiv When the flash and name ot baltlv Tints th" balmy Southern air. You can bet the Flying Squadi in .\!!<l it? fifrbters Wil! Th.-r, . Win n Lh<- Sp.uiisii nation toppl* -. And its. ruins riso in smoke. \Vh.-n it-, starving, beggar subjects. C:t.'it away a cruel yoke, When the sun of freedom penetrat- - Th-.' ( loud of Cuba's cart, You ian bet Ihe Flying Squadron And its ;i;o?t/r, V> : :i Whv.ii *:..• n> .-•■ of :\itti'- i-eii-"' - 1:: lh'" aitMiiis r.( f iii- pas!. When fh'- nag of \«.-> r old ("übn U: \ r"r-"nia.'-.'s i!;ii; at iust. Wh"ii lite do-..- •>£ i-a/'-- • •-■ mor.nri'h When the sat.ru incomes a sliniv . Even then our Fiyint: Squadi"n And i's. flghtcrs Wi'.' r.e Thero. —"Denvet Tinvs.
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2230, 14 October 1898, Page 3
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189THE FLYING SQUADRON. Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2230, 14 October 1898, Page 3
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