DER STAIN.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 303, 21 December 1914, Page 7

DER STAIN.

(By a Stratford Girl.) •Vs Kaiser Bill site on his throne

And says, “Drink to the Day, I want the world for all my own And I shall get it, Ay!”

Vot while our men are able; • Nor while our hearts are true or the dear old Mother Country, There is work for us to do!

Vow listen ■ to my query. Bill: You’ve slain brave Britain’s men; Was it only just for glory, Bill ? And to enlarge your German den ?

Ah, no! He does not want to kill! Though the sight of heroes slain Will not disturb his mind one bit— If it be but for his gain.

“It is mein rightful cause,” he said, “And it I must not shirk— As I am God and Man and Might: Those Britons are but dirt!”

And as you’ll read, 0, Kaiser, Of your German soldiers! zeal, Their hearts may ring of metal, But ours ring true as 'steel.

I'll say no more, Herr Kaiser, Tho’ the fight’s by no means o’er, i know who’ll come out top, sir; So what need is there for more?

England’s the grand old Empire, Generous and free from blame; Who started sheding blood, sir? On you shall rest the stain!