ORIGINAL VERSE.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 November 1918, Page 3

ORIGINAL VERSE.

IvAiSlvlt BILL. '' (A Legend cf the Great War, 191-5-IS.) There or.ee wis a King who said to himself 111 r-ie the world, I will, And smash the whole of the universe, M 'jure ii.3 my Kame is Bill; Gc he looked around fcr a place to start, Tee likeliest place he knew, And seeing his ccigiiLor 'BoIgUMi there, Why, he said to himself, you'll do! •2a fighting machine, ho set .to • And said, 3. should like to stale That this is the quickest way I see To r:>acU tbA Ptu'is (kite; So he pillaged, burned 'uid tortured, 'Hi plundeied for all he knew, Till at last- his mijrhty v.ar macbiro . Had torn its r,-;.y right through.

He tore his way through a of 'France, Thrnijrli 100- French mado many *» stand, And ha chuckled aloud in hia Hnnnlsh glee "As he said to himself "That's grand"; Bat just as he thought of T.iv-uinj through There appeared in his plans a fav.lt, For a 'thin red line' wr.9 standing there, Who saiu to the Kaiser

(Ho couldn't -behove tho thing rcas true, Ami riissed in iiis gieat, cespeir That slruder lino oi iinglishtioa— Why what wre thov doing 'Sure? Knaland lie never thought wonsM <!are, '.'.'w cross his august path; Why, o.i rn in the dajs ijeuo bye At the thought he used to lavgn.

So ho turned to hi? splendid navy, Then uttered. Huunish squeal, Why, that rotten fleet of Engtaid Had locked it up in. Kiel; So he called a mighty council, ;■ > >Xwas the greatest ever sees, And they planned to ruin. xjUgtfJi - * With, the hcatel subroariw. ..f

He made quite a Tot of speeches Tf.id. li-s subjects he was God .Am! won id lercak that rotten Empire lleneafch .his iron v °d. For h* said, "S-'ia Kaiser William "Saw* let nothing hrvr the way "'.Arul I'll show mv faithr.il Germans, "Yes, show to them 'The Day.'"

yi e jl four long have come and

goni K-.;. "When suddenly ho found, Ej|j, That his mighty dream of avarice &)>•■ ' Was slipping'to the ground, VRti his sebiaatin* bcpotMit, And his navy s$H. is Kiel, WMtet his w®-nwcl&»» And turning en '-tt'&u-.V S» Utf s inrnvflxi «ft . 4 Awl -.o^, ''l ''ft ®lrfL rf jfSSs, - Eh*", toldAfo K.QtoS «wafiai ffa, VVH v.-?.:- fca/.-lwttar 'Win,' ;*t's pot asacm* ¥ti "baXaL ?f

"' coiihi £v ."V ,VT£ <it ywws ■>T.h ; m tisgt&B «* **» flkßSren "And ® !3."s t-vei&n Aft fear*."

V&# Ttim he found It wouldn't •«S*E | flat Ore Allies -wouldn't W* ' iHe <sneked aside- his--rotten throdd, ' • ! Xtx, did it put for spite; iThfiiv he bolted from the Fatherland, Belted through » neutral door, Ari Jeft nia To stfflc U» war* i : ■That's fittla legend Of the King '«ofi«4 "Eaiaei- Bill" ~*p' •Wli» said, "111 rofe &o aaiverse,,■ss■ "Rah it wiSt Jny ft« vrififc* *§*s■ Andrhftisnrely leamfiho tessoa vail,