A HYMN OF HATE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16020, 11 September 1915, Page 5 (Supplement)

A HYMN OF HATE.

The following ; parody ~ of the ' German "Hymn 'of Hate" appears in the Toronto Daily Star, with "no apologies to Herr Lissauer" :*—, , « ■ : . ' y Carrots or.beets, we hate 'them' not, •: ! > We love them not, we hate them not. . Of all the things that land on our plate t There's only, one that we loathe and bate; We love ia hundred, we hate but one, "j And that we'll hate till kingdom come— ' '•■ ■ : . ■:-'■''-&*:■■ 'X'""- '/,':'•"'' Sauerkraut. ■ - fJ: '■ . --, ~,. :■, ■''- . -._..,. ■ ..■ -■; • It's known *to f you- all, it's' : known to you : ' aH, ' : -''--.- ■■■ * " '"- "-'■■ "' '"*"-'.'-!. ! 'v?'. Pilgrims :on this terrestrial ball; , v *! | Full' of vinegar' in' distress, '* I Making a most Unsavory mess. ' | Come, let us stand in * our eating-place', An oath to swear to, face to face; - An oath of; bronze no .wind can shake,- . An oath for all. sons of guns to take. We will never forgo - our bate; • , We have all but a■" single ' hate. We love as one, we hate as one. we'll hate * that . dish if we ■do ■■ it alone— . '. Sauerkraut. Wienerwurst, , leberwurst, ■■ lager • beer). Many a time have given'us cheer; Not so bad if made just right; * Bad to take going to bed at night:. Better by t far .to lunch —"The Day." Then there won't be the, devil to pay. But you we, hate with a lasting hate; We .will never forego our 1 hate; Hate of 1 the stomach and hate of the tongue,. . * ' Hate of Che senses every one, Hate of millions who've choked it down;' Hate of the country and hate of the town. We love a thousand; we hate but one, And that we'll hate with hate.of,Hun — Sauerkraut.