The Flag Goes By

Observer, Volume XVIII, Issue 1093, 9 December 1899, Page 26

The Flag Goes By

Hata off ! Along the street there comes A blare of trumpets, a ruffle of drums, A flash of colour beneath the sky, Hats off ! The flag is passing by ! Blue, and crimson and white it shines, Over the steel-tipped ordered lines, Hats off ! The colours before us fly ; But more than the flag is passing by. Sea fights and land fightß, grim and great, Fought to make and save the State ; Weary marches and sinking ships, Cheers of victory on dying lips. Daya of plenty and years of peace, March of a strong land's swift increase ; Equal justice, right and law, Stately honour and reverend awe. Sign of a nation, great and strong, To ward her people from foreign wrong ; Pride, and glory, and honour, all, Live in the colours to stand or fall. Hats off 1 Along the Btreet there comeß A blare of buerles, a roffle of drams ; And loyal hearts are beating high. Hats off 1 The flag is passing by 1

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