THE QUEEN'S OWN IRISHMEN.
"Who would not wear in his coat to-Oav A bit of the beautiful green For the sake of the brave boys far avvav IV.c pride of their grand old Queen ? '. Yvlio would not wear, with a tender smile The shamrock's leafy crest, ' For the sake of the sons of the Emerald Isle mc.loyal ones and'the best? Let worthless; men ""gainst Queen and Flag upnii tne rieiy voice What care we for their scorn and bra" Since Erin's grander choice Is loyal hearts?—the gn limit ones, "With fmc, niftarnisliod name, "Whoso fighting for Old England stuns lhe traitors into shame! I pledge a toast, witli a lusty throat On this Saint Patrick's Duv I Pledge it with the green in my coat, And a pride that is mine alway: Mil hr.arl in hUj for (/„ SM)V (~„•„( brow Oh which ;.v yhn/ shedGod b e-xtht lrhh figMhiff 1.010 ' Git'l rest Ih'ir gallant d'ehd .' March IT, im. Qiiakmb Umbeks.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11684, 17 March 1900, Page 8
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159THE QUEEN'S OWN IRISHMEN. Otago Daily Times, Issue 11684, 17 March 1900, Page 8
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