THE OLD FLAG.
There’s an old f!;vg Hying in the v.n, to-day. Flying far aero*; the world, in the same old way, Dipping low to every wave o'er th .Seven Seas— T our lint; and my Hag is ikiating on tb • breeze. On the edge of Kmpire its colours greet the sky. Dine and white, and crimson as the blood of those who die— Die and loti re b.hiud them a name v.ith honour blessed. For ynitr Hag and my flag, of every ling the best. Whipping down the wide seas in a maze oi loam. Lonely hearts on emery boat dream oi friends at homo. Dream of friends so far away when, clear against the sky. Hoes ye,or flag and. my Hag, a friend pa-sing by. Oh the lonely outposts, o'er ihe lnr.cn sno’Ws, Wheresoe’er a foot may mi s. there the Old Flag goes. Death is grim and life as dear, but life for your Hag and niv ling, to keep it Hying there.
bet us guard our colours well, keep them living free, Fynib: 1 of a nation’s might over hind and sea: ffring the !rUllage of oar love, strength of brain and limb, nought shall dim. fjathnrst. J - —il. I -
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 June 1925, Page 4
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204THE OLD FLAG. Hokitika Guardian, 30 June 1925, Page 4
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