Give Them a Chance.

Free Lance, Volume XV, Issue 799, 22 October 1915, Page 11

Give Them a Chance.

(for the N.Z. Free Lance.) They are out, far-out, on the fighting line. Where the struggle is hard and. keen, And it is no use thinking of what is past Or dreaming "what should have " been." In face of the stern hard.facts of war It's no time to whistle and dance, We have got to hustle for human life And give our men a chance. They want more men and they want ■ ' them quick, So we have to move around. ; The battle is ours if we move out slick' And put in every pound. " The Call comes now from the firing line In Gallipoli, Egypt, and France. 'We want you, mates, and you've got to come If vou want us to have a chance." The more who go the better the chance - For those who are there to-day. It's a saving of life to do things big; There's no other course will pay. 'Gainst an Empire in arms, our own must fight With everyone fit in advance. All able must train and be ready to-go To give their own mates a.chance. The women will suffer as sons march forth,"■ " But much better to bear such pain Than to pay the toil of a shameless death . At the hands of men worse than Cain. We know of the women who. more than die When'the super-fiends advance, And the. call for men is the women's . cry 3 ..- My God! we must give them a chance. There's the children, dear, the jewels . ; of- life — Will you fight for them or not? As man -you must, for each prattler's smile :'..'. Goes home to a tender, spot. They are the Empire that-calls'to-day To waken each soul from its trance, You needs must fight, for the cause is right, It s to give the children a chance. "We want more men, and we want them quick!" Come join the fight, for the cause that's rio-ht, Pop justice and freedom are dear. Enlist to-day! there's no time to stay For the Allies must advance. The word we gave is a pledge-to keep, It's to give the world a .chance. —D. McLaren.