THE STRIKERS' CROSS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15930, 29 May 1915, Page 5 (Supplement)

THE STRIKERS' CROSS.

I ' Soi.uint, soldier, what ol the fight?" j "Weary the winter was aud long! i Tbe shell's were falling t > left and right • 1 Our line was weak aid oar foes «eiI strong, Our batteled trenches were deep in mire \i>d ever our men were falling. But we played the game til! the spring time came. For wo heard our country calling. "Soldier, soldier, what of the day?" ••There's a bit of a dragon we vc got to kill. , , . Vnd ere we turn on our homeward «' I " There'll he many a vacant place to hi.. And manv a helping hand well need ' In the "job that lies before us \nd nuiiv a gun to pound the Hun ' To the 'sound of the devils chorus. -Soldier, soldier, what of the men That toil in the shop and dock and mine. . . With a strike for advances now and then Ae they handle the stuff for the fighting line? , . , , There are many who work their hands to • the bone \nd are alwavs ready and willing, But some, to their shame, don't play the game. . „ But strike for an extra shilling. " Oh '• a plague on such for a pack of fools, for it they knew what it meant out here • ' ' I'll swear that they never would down . their tools.,' ,"■*..' ..•- With a shell, to make or a ship to .clear. Just tell 'cm the truth, all cold audi bare, \ Arid well ' hope to gee them wiser, Or each idle shift will receive a .gift. \x : \ Of an Iron 'Cross from the. Kaistr!" . , —I'oucHSTO.vK/iu'tbe .Mail..