“Aldershot Troops on March.”
"BaH Cartridge and Fixed Bayonets.' ,
(English cable.) The troops were out in England, Not very long ago. With Trumpets' shrilly fanfare, And drum roll booming low. The sidearms flashed in England,
A fighting wreath to fling. Around a royal page&'nt,
Th© crowning of a king. The' sidearms flash in. England,
The troops are out again, To blot her tarnished 'scutcheon; With yet a blacker stain: ;
The troops are out in England; '• Back, back, ye spawn of Fear! For you the grim ball cartridge In every bandolier.
The tiroops are out in England,. Yea, speak the thing with scorn, No blacker page is written, For people yet unborn.
Than this, a wastrel nation, That 'yours a foemanjs lead Upon, the nation fathers That guard the children's breacL The troops are out in England, A cure© upon the deed! — A curse o,n every craven Of Tommy Atkins' breed!
Give praise, .ye priests of Mammon I Wake every jingo pen!The troops are out in England To murder Englishmen! — M. E. J. Pitt in Melb "Socialist. , *
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Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 26, 1 September 1911, Page 10
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176“Aldershot Troops on March.” Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 26, 1 September 1911, Page 10
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