HOW YOU HELPED.
And you —a patriot in your prime, You waved a flag about his head And hoped he'd have a high old time, And clapped him oil the back and said :
'' You'll show them what we British are, "Givo us vour hand old bov to shake!" And took him round 1 from bar to bar And made him drunk for England's sake.
That's how you helped him. Yesterday, Clear-eyed and earnest, keen and hard He held himself the soldier's way; But now they've got him under guard !
That's nought to you. You're all right, Your easy conscience takes no blame. A\ hile he, poor bov, with morning's light Just eats his heart out — sick with shame.
Why should you care? You understand Nothing of all his bitter pain. YOl* have no regiment to brand; YOU have no uniform to stain' SIR OWEN SEAMAN in » Punch."
The appearance of much white in the eye of a horse indicates a vicious nature.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 150, 25 February 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)
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162HOW YOU HELPED. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 150, 25 February 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)
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