WHEN THE SCHOOLBOY READS "WESTWARD HO"

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14250, 22 December 1909, Page 5 (Supplement)

WHEN THE SCHOOLBOY READS "WESTWARD HO"

-1- 'Y'' V.-''M\% * * ••• I Oh! hey for a ship to sail the seas, * And carry me far away, 1 ~t' '■ To the waving palms of the Indie* strand./- 1 And the "ports of that old < mysterious land ' Where the Aztecs held -' ' *v'-<!-r To rail with a fearless Devon crew V* I*''1*'' For treasure and renown, ■' ■■ To trade or fight as the chance., may be . f;' From the Nore to the Isles of the Caritt Sea,., v And back to London Town. .V.. "..'it To gather the wealth of the Western world i:-'-" And harry the :Spanish Main, ~• ; Where the rolling galleons homeward sweep . . With the, Incas' treasures laden deep '" : .'"i " For the proud 'Grandees of Spain. To chase the convoy into port, J.,\» - And then, when the darkness falls, ■ Board with the boats in the silent- night And hand to hand with the, Spaniards light; .M'tv" 'Kcatli the city's frowning .walls,,Z We'll wake the night with an English cheer! ' 1 " ' And on to the galleons dash, • V : ; ' While the foemen's deck with their blood run* red And the cannons roar from tlie forta o'erhcad And the muskets realy flash. 1 We'll meet with the pirate ships at sea ' With their dark-browed, murd'rous horde. • And batter their hulls with our carronades Till they sink to the depths of the ocean's shade* With their blood-stained crews aboard. ■.4 s " And then we'll anchor at home once. more—. Sun-l>rowned, with a cutlass sear—" " And tell, while we scatter the gold to've earni. Of the ships we sank and the towns we .burnt, ) And tales of our deeds afar. • . V"-' 0. Tremaikb. "