LOYALISTS AND TRAITORS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7422, 7 June 1902, Page 4

LOYALISTS AND TRAITORS.

_ — .^ (For the " Star," by PAKEHA.) When John's finished compensating all -who tried to kick him out, And (has let tho crafty Dutchmen flake 13io ■buns, Le* us hope he'll keep a little for the men who havo no doubt lioErt all 'by sticking nobly to- their guns. Tihey were proseroit-'bodied -beggars wham th« outlook was most blue, BuS rallying to tih© old, old flag wa found them, They never funked or wavered, but they saw <!he game right "through;, With enemies and traitors all' around <oiom. "Brave foo!" just so— toea'b them with, open band, 'But don't forget *hs ftwillhful men wikk backed us in tihe tfray, Lest nex* tim« wo want gallant {hearts amd arms at our command, They're forced to tho oanclusiomi ttiafc such royaNy doesn't pay. "When John's carried liis forgiveness up to common-sense's bounds, And relieved his fine old bosom of its gloom, L«t ibim keep « rod in pickle for the various sneaking hounds, Who *sid their best to yelp wva. to ibis doom! They wei» a-bsenfcbodied orawleis, safe benwatfr his gen'rous la-w, And! Dutch-paid gutter-pressmen oversea, Joining Continental ischemers to pour vitriol on "the raw, Prom fouiesft sinks of lies and treachery. "Let'em go!" just so— treat 'em wi'tib. deop djfldain, . . Thew OMgfc* *» '"be all in 1 Portt-aoad, "but pexhsups ii's best that way, But set' John mend his Jaw, that should ilh^y tey ftha'ib fame again, They'll fina the part of Judas doesn't always pay- ___________