OUR COUNTRY'S DRUM.
Now, some day in the future years (The truth is written clear), • The foe shall sweep upon us and Our glorious city here; Mighty guns shall sweep the channel, Giant shells shall shriek and hum, i And then you’ll hear the beating Of New Zealand's battle drum. Like the sound of rolling thunder Shall the shout go echoing forth: “Do the people of the Southlands Pear the people from the North? Come, our sons, and come, our daughters,'* And from mansion, park, and slum The folk shall rise with weapons. And shall gather round the drum. And the answer of the people Shall be given there once more; And the guns shall fling that answer From the forts upon North Shore; While from creek and plain and mountain Soldiers by the score shall come, Saying: “Lo, we march in answer To cur country’s sounding drum.” E. L. Eynn. “Mokoia,” Tui st., Devonport, Auckland.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19140715.2.252
Bibliographic details
Otago Witness, Issue 3148, 15 July 1914, Page 61
Word Count
156OUR COUNTRY'S DRUM. Otago Witness, Issue 3148, 15 July 1914, Page 61
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Witness. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in