'WE'RE COMING, MR. PRESIDENT.'

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 290, 6 July 1917, Page 4 (Supplement)

'WE'RE COMING, MR. PRESIDENT.'

(With n|>ologics to a famoua Civil War poem.) Wo are coming, Mr President, ten mil. lion men and more, From California's Golden Gate and old New England's .shore; Wo quit our daily toil at onee, and tli i ones wo hold so dear. With hearts too lull lor iitteranee, l>ut with ;i silent tear; We dare not look behind us, but steadfastly before: We «!■"' coming, Mr. President, ten million men and more! We've looked across the ocean wide. and heard the piteous" cry Of Rolgian youth who did but dare a Teuton to defy; And glorious Kranoo. who e sturdy line.", brought us liberty. 1- calling now lor iron arms to help her lob„ in-; Old (ilory hears the challenge as it rin-'s from shore to shore; We are coining, Mr. President, ten million men and more! Tii ■ cify youihs and farmer hoys are forming into line; Your call for troops has readied them nil. a patriotic shrine; A Kaiser's hand has dared to touch free men on laud and sea. Rut. tyrant's hand shall never Mast this nation of the free; A I'm rev., 'II group stands weeping at everv cottage deer • Wo are earning. Mr. Prcsidi-nt, ten million men and more! It. S. (OXOVER.