SONG FROM NEW ZEALANDER.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 260, 7 December 1914, Page 9

SONG FROM NEW ZEALANDER.

"WE'RE ALL DOING A LITTLE BIT DOWN UNDER.'' Mr W. S. Percy, the New Zealand comedian, has contributed the following to the songs of the moment. Mr Percy is at present in London, where he lvas been acting as a special constable since the outbreak of the war: — * i.Our Navy in the North Sea has shown to all the world, That they 're ready and are eager for a scrap And the plucky British Army that we've just sent abroad, Don't for all the German millions care a rap; x Just remember that down under in the blue Pacific tide, There's a little army waiting there, you bet; For Australia's armed and ready, With New Zealand by her side, So when you count your Forces, don't forget. . CHORUS. We're all doing a little bit down under, Helping the Empire through. Every man you want we'll send, Just.-'to see it to the end, And we'll send the money, too. We've a hundred thousand men now armed and ready, And a hundred thousand more are wait- , ing, too; And we'll show Mad Kaiser Bill That we're with Old England still, And we mean to see her through. 11. ' New Zealand got in early with her little pot of paint, To add a, bit more red upon the map: We went out and took Samoa, and Ave're going to take some more Before we get the hand to call a nap. Right down from Stewart Island up to the Northern Cape, From the mountain plain and bush our men will go. All fot England is our crest, 'Cos we're bred from Britain's best, v And to all the world for her we're proud to show — CHORUS. . We're all lloing a little bit down under, Helping the Empire through, Every man you want we'll send, Just to see it to the end, And Ave 'll send the money, too-. We've a hundred thousand men now armed and ready, And a hundred thousand more are waiting, too; To brave Maoriland afar We cry "Kapai Pakeha," And we're going to seo it through. 111. Australia's been by many in the past not understood, 'Cos we've, tried to keep our nation pure and white, They said Ave'd leave old England, cut the painter, turn her down. When it suited us and everything was right. But AA'e've given her our Navy, taught each boy to hold a gun, And our Premier sent this message like a tick—"To our last shilling, our last man!" That's our anSAver, that's our plan; Which our enemies will find our pretty quick. CHORUS. We're all doing a little bit doAvn under, Helping the Empire through, Every man you want we 'll send. Just to see it to the end, And Ave 'll send the money, too, We've a hundred thousand men now armed and ready, And a hundred thousand more are waiting, too; And if all else should fail ye, Just call on White Australia, And Ave will help to see it through.