WHEN THE BABY LIGHTS COME.
All the lion whelps are coming-from their homes across the sea To a party at the Kaiser’s, to a, picnic on the Spree ; They are coming uninvited—ho.v delighted he will he - When the Baby Liqns- motive. Growling, growling, grim and growling, The Baby Lions come. Half the pages of the atlas, see them trooping on their way, . - Just' fo call on Kaiser William, for it’s Kaiser William’s day He is sure to preach a sermon, and will very likely pray . When the Baby Lions come
They have left their dear hqhsitor and their precious Polar ce, They h&ve left' their maple-sugar,-
kangaroos-, and curried rice— Sugar’s up,. hut Herman Kaisers will, I fancy, fall in price ' When the Bahy Lions
They are looking very tawny, very brawny, very fit. As they sail from. Musn’t-mention aiid entrain for Wait-a-bit — Shining armor, Kaiser William, will ✓ be quite a useful kit When the’Baby Lions come.
“Mummy, darling,” they are saying, “what unholy tommy-rot For this low Teutonic Teufel to protend that he is Gott”— I’m afraid there will be trouble, Kaiser if you’re not, When the Baby Lions come.
s Yes, the lion whelps are coining, with the Island lioness, To the rescue of-a little Flemish dtrasel in distress— And if I were Kaiser William I. would ’ censor ray address When the Lion household comes. . —E.M.F. •«,
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 306, 24 December 1914, Page 6
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