DOMINION SONG.
The following "Dominion" song has been adapted by the Winchester School from £ihe Canadian sonic The Maple Leaf." It has been sung in the Winchester School for the past four or five months and is probably the first Dominion" song in New Zealand. THE GREEN FERN LEAF FOR EVER In days of yore from- Britain's shore, Cook the "bold explorer came . And- planted firm Britannia's flag On New Zealand's fair domain.- j Here mav it wave, our boast, 0111- pride, And ioined in love together The Thistle, Shamrock, Rose, entwine The Green Fern Leaf for ever. Chorus: — The Green Fern Leaf, our emblem dear, The Gieen Fern Leaf for ever. God, Save Our King, and Heaven bless Ihe Silver Fern for Ever. Our fair Dominion now extends O'er Pacific's southern isles. Where liberty doth reign supreme And contentment ever smiles. And may those ties of love be ours Which discord cannot- sever; And flourish fair o'er Freedom's home. The Green Ftrn Leaf for ever. On Merrv England'.; far famed land May kind Heaven sweetly nni'e.% God blefv; Old Scotland ever more, And Ireland'.? Emerald Isle. Then swell the song both loud and long Till rocks and forests'. quiver, God Save Our King and Heaven bless The Silver Fern for Ever.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13458, 3 December 1907, Page 3
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212DOMINION SONG. Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13458, 3 December 1907, Page 3
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