Volunteer Song.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2549, 8 March 1877, Page 2

Volunteer Song.

The following iis: said* to be a correct ' version of a song composed by Mr C. E. Button and recited by him at the luncheon given to the Volunteer Aepreientatires at Hokitika:-— . ' Old England's boast'add glory^are>'tae ' British Grenadiers, But the pride of young "New Zealand is her band of Volunteers: Three cheers for old Britannia, three load and. .hearty cheers, '„ „,; And three for ydtfng New^Zealarictf with her gallant Volunteers^ • The blood of Anglo-Saxons is flowing in their veins, And the spirit of a hero-each-throbbing heart contains, Old England's far-famed ;Yalor v tgain in them appears, And makes her brave descendant! New I- Zealand Volunteers. . ... I, We hear uncertain, .rumors of long* expected wars, ." : .. , ri "'■ -r-*,. s But when.the foe.is landed and^stands upon our shores, . •,. •■ „ / •-. ..~.s« The daughters of .New Zealand' shall banish gloomy fears, -.- ■•' '; '--r •&:<.- '-. For they shall be defended by our gallant Volunteers. " •-' :: •" •"-"- '"■ '•>''-- \ Go on, go on New Zealanders, go on to win renown, ' ... M«y great success attend-you and-all your efforts crown, ■•;. • .;■:• Your fame be still increasing till every. nation hears, ' .:•■?•> And every foe shall tremble before-oar Volunteers. . --us;:-. fi