"THE PRINCESS PAT'S."
A touch of the plain and the praii k\ A bit of the. Mother Land, too ; A strain of the fur trapper wary, ■A blend' of the old and the new. A bit of the pioneer splendor That opened the wilderness flats, A touch, of the home-lover tender : You'll find m the boys they rill "Pats."
The glory and strength of the maplo. The courage that's born of the wheat, The pride of the stock that is staple, The bronze of the midsummer heat.; A mixture of wisdom and daring, The best of a. new land, and that's The regiment gallantly bearing The neat little title* of "PnW
A bit of the man who has neighbored ' With, mountains, and ■ forests, and streams, A touch of the man who has labored To model and fashion his dreams; The .strength of an age of clean living. Of tiglit-minded fatherly chats. The best that «i land could be giving Ts there m the breasts of the "Pats."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13699, 1 June 1915, Page 8
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