THE MAN WHO KEEPS HIS HEAD.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1648, 9 December 1916, Page 4

THE MAN WHO KEEPS HIS HEAD.

Tlu'iti's a man who fights far Engi im < I, And he'll keep her slil! atop, lie will save her from ilif<]t<m<>ur in Ihe market and I lie shop, He will save her homes from terror tin the holds of daily bread. He’s tlie man who stieks to Imsiness — He’s the Man who keeps his head. Lei the Toe who strikes at England Hear her wheels of eommereo turn; Lei Ihe ships that war with England See her laetory furnace hum. For I he foe most tears the eannon And in Ills heart mosl quails with dread. When behind the man in khaki Is I lie Alan who keeps his head.

Brand him traitor and assassin Who with miser's coward mood Has his >l l l locked up in secret And his larder stored with food, Who lias ca-l adrift his workers. Who lies sweating in his bed, And who snarls to hear I he laughter 01' the Alan who keeps his head. Lei the poor man teach the rich malt, Lor the poor man’s constant si rife Is from day to day to seek work. Day hy day lo war wilh life; And the poor man's home hangs ever By a Trail and brittle thread, And (he poor man's often hungry, Hilt the poor Alan keeps his head. When the ships come hack" from slang'll ter, And the troops mrach homo from war, When the havoc strewn behind us Threats the road that lies before, Lvery hero shall he welcomed, Lvery orphan shall be fed, By the men who stuck to business, By the Man who kepi his head. —Harold Beghie.