UNDER THE UNION JACK.

Otago Witness, Issue 2403, 22 March 1900, Page 20

UNDER THE UNION JACK.

Written for the juvenile patriotic demonstration, Inv<-vcargill, and dedicated to the brave lads who have gone and are going to represent New Zealand at the seat of war. Hail to the time-worn Gag Borne for a thousand years! Aloft let it Sy from peak and crag, Gieet it with ringing cheers! Emblem of Liberty Dovsii xliiough. the agrs' track! We're sons of the free, on land or sea, Under the Union Jack. .Hail to the flag, fire-torn By battles on every shore! Though battered, shattered, tattered, and worn, 'Tis militant as of yore. Loud let the nations bawl — Yellow, 6x white, or black; Defying them all,, we stawd or fall Under the Union Jack. Hail to the flag homespun; Victorious over the world! With bay'net and gun we make them run Wherever it is unfurled. Never shall it decline ; Ne'er a defender lack; For "the thin red line" will over shine Under the Union Jcck. Deep is our grief and soro; With, soirow our eyes are wet; For the brave who fight in the ranks i»o more, Silent in death ; and yet — Wide le'. the bunting fly, Instead of the sombre black! The low and the high like heroes die Under the Union Jack. Equipped for the strife we send The young, the strong, and the brave ; Our hands to the buiden of Empire lend No Briton was ee'r a slave. And after the thunder-pour Of war's unhallowed wrack, Both Briton and Boer may fight once more But under the Union Jack. '