When the Empire Calls.
(For the Lance.) When the Empire calls, me hearties, Don't forget to say "Hello! I'm a comm', Johnny Bull, to help Yer strike the fatal blow, I'm a gom' to see the funeral of yer enemies, ye know, 'Cos I've helped to win the Transvaal for the Chow. Ten thousand homes are desolate, There's an awM squad of kids "What haven't got no daddies, And their mothers' got no quids.
Dash it all ! What matter mateys ? you are true blue anyhow, 'Cos you've helped to win the Transvaal for the Chow. If the "silver thread of kinship," gag Should make the red blood flame In the cheeks of gallant soldiers. Go ! Uphold the Empire's fame. Buckle on yer ammunition, wade right into Johnny's row, Go and win some other country for the Chow. — Tommy Fernleaf.
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Free Lance, Volume IV, Issue 192, 5 March 1904, Page 9
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139When the Empire Calls. Free Lance, Volume IV, Issue 192, 5 March 1904, Page 9
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