THE LADS OF THE VILLAGE.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 288, 29 June 1917, Page 3 (Supplement)

THE LADS OF THE VILLAGE.

\\ i-t or fine, or cloud or f-liino, Thunder <r !i;i11 or snow, Day liy day mi their onward way The Lad) of tin* \" ill a <j;o Whizz-hang shock or the toc-toc-to 1 " "I tin- stuttering pinnm-gee Can ( ill liii halt in the stern assault <hi the road to victory. They t< nded the hceve.-i and --to 'he I t!ie •heaves And rdove the lumbering wn in : 'II fv }_(.i|ve their -worth to the gno;l linttt || e:i Mil That tiie li'.nd might .-mile again. No thought of war was theirs of yore. Hut they heard the liugle- call. And the pick of the And tile j»i:■ k and pride ef the oi unlry\\'eiv warriors i,ne ami all. Their- i ,; I lie tale that sir; II not fail Will le -Irene til i- tlleil'S to spend. Though life's 1.l ief span for ill my a man i !i:i 11 hla/e to a glorious end. I'aeyr md lleet as his ranks n tre.it They harry the driven foe ; ('leery cf soul to the distant 2;oal The' I.ad- of the Yillaire to! TOI'CH^TONK.