A CALL FOR LABOR’ UNITY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1975, 28 November 1889, Page 4

A CALL FOR LABOR’ UNITY.

Ashore in the laws they make : A home in the land I till: Where the heart of the many break, The cup of the few to fill. By the right of their laws I pine ; But whut are their laws to me ? For I live by right Divine, And that’s the right to be free. A home in my adopted Isle : A share in the wealth I heap. Where the rich in their revels smile, And the poor in their anger weep. Wo weep, we weep, we weep, in want and thrall; They laugh, they laugh, they laugh, in tower and hall. The strength that in number lies, Each hour is making known ; Pioneers of the truth, arise! And you shall not be alone. We’ll scatter their knavish rule, Like a prisoned storm set free : Till tyrants and tyrant’s tool, Have vanished from sea to sea. A home in my adopted Isle ; A share m the wealth I heap ; Where the rich in their revels smile ; And the poor in their anguish weep. We know, we know, we know, the time is coming, They fear, they fear, they fear their doom approaching. At the word of the cruel few, The cloude of the battle frown ; But as long as the many are true, . We’ll say : Let the storm come down, And on, as the masses sweep, Our cry shall meet them still. A share in the wealth I heap, A home in the land we till; A home in my adopted Isle, A share in the wealth I heap. Then the rich if they iike may smile, But the poor shall oeaao to weep. Awake! Awoke! Awake ! Each slumbering slave! Unite! Unite! Unite! Te ready and brayo I W.H.W. 1889. '