Poetry in the Magazines

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 July 1911, Page 4

Poetry in the Magazines

•' FOLKS 0' THE ENGLISHSPEAKING RACE." .In the periodical Chautauquaji, a Yankee tar describes the welt-tome given to the American battleships in Australia, and New Zealand. Tho tar declares that the best uso to put our ships of war to is not to kill men :— It's better every shape a-11: way To go a-visitin 'jest for play. j Then -lie tells how they weire receivJed in Japan, and exclaims, "Strangers hain't in it with blood relations." After an enthusiastic description of their reception in Australasia, he says, " They told us in language we understood that Ave belonged t-o the brotherhood" It came out strong in the children's phiy Jhey showed in tho Svdney Park one day, W-har wo stood on the terraces bavin' a view Of thousands o' kids in red, white an' blue, That paraded there in. the park below. An' then of a sudden—how domo yon so?— They formed a big flag; an' our hearts it grips, For thai- was o'd> Glory—The Stars and Stripes; An' then they chassied for'ard an' back, An' formed up agin'—'twas the Union Jack: An' next, to show we was birds of a feather, They formed up an' jined the two flags together. 'Bout a million threats gin out three elicers, As well as they could fer the chokiji' tears. An' I luiint ashamed o them tears —'twas a"touch That Germans. Italians, Rooshians an' Dutch, An' other breeds outside the pale, Can't understand an' never could feel; Australasia spoke fer the' Empire there, Britain, Canada, everywhere,— 'Twas the family note, the touch of kin That gits to the blood below the 9kin, An' it meant that in the affairs of earth People of Yankee an' British birthFolks o' the English-speakin' race Are bound as brothers, an', by God's grace, Should stand together for justice an.' right In the marts of peace an' the field o' fightl