A WAR SONG.
Woke ! «ons of Kntland, wake 1 Rouse from your tlumbers I The foernan is at the gate, Heed not his nu tubers. Rear your broad standard high, Trampled on never ; March ! with the battle cry " England for ever I " Think what your fathers did— Ponder their story ; How their best blood waa shed Only for glory. Ye bave a nobler cause, God will befriend it ; Nature's and Honour's laws Bid ye defend it. Shall the fierce foe our land Ravage aud plunder ? Answer, thou warrior band, Hi? challenge with thunder ! Not while an arm can wield •vliifle or sabre Will we an acra yield To tho invader. TTp, v then, y_o Britons bold ! Kou-e from your slumbers ! Wolvea are about the fold. Hoed not th«ir numbers. Heir your proud standard high,
Trampled on never ; March. ! with tho battle cry " Engiand for over ! ' September 1897.
— H. J. B.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2273, 23 September 1897, Page 41
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150A WAR SONG. Otago Witness, Issue 2273, 23 September 1897, Page 41
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