BRITAIN'S VOLUNTEERS.
[The following lines are from the pen oß' Mr W. E. Wills, the bard of Otahuhu, and. were written in London, in 1860. They areso apropos to the present critical state o£affairs that we cannot do better than give? them insertion in our columns. — Ed.] Should danger ever threaten Our fair and noble land, Ten thousand times ten thousand men "Will guard her, heart and hand. Let foemen come, if come they dare ! They'll meet no coward fears ; There's a band of brothers ready, Our gallant volunteers. Ohorus. A cheer, then, for our noble sons, Away with doubts and fears ; - Old England's safe — hurrah ! hurrah V. For Britain's volunteers. Prom England's rural meadows, % Ana Scotia's mountain steepes, From Cambria's lovely valleys, And Erin's glens, upleaps A band of gallant brothers — Firm, steadfast, true, and free — Ready to fight for England's rights, Their homes and liberty. We've stood together on the heights, And charged on many a plain ; We've fought and won a hundred fights, And so we can again ! For heart to heart is beating true, No foeman England fears, Our hearths and homes are safe — hurrah I For Britain's volunteers.
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Observer, Volume 7, Issue 334, 2 May 1885, Page 16
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193BRITAIN'S VOLUNTEERS. Observer, Volume 7, Issue 334, 2 May 1885, Page 16
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