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Satirical and Patriotic Verses.
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W. B. YALDWYN .
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Print i nud I'uhlisbul for tlw .\Hlh<>r by .Jit ·hlc , , lliP!mr. :-.tran.t ~t1cct,
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A Grave Interview.
Alles zal recht Komen .
Dramati · personre ...
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REv. P. KRCGER.Anvo .\TE TEY ... •.
cene-On the Stoep, Presidential Residency, Pretoria.
KRCGER.-Ah! ;\Iy frientl ,'ttn 11, I thiuk that.w' Can't dl'i ve thl; Rooint: ks to the ~ea.
I'll ,;eek a P:;alm which tit:; th · ca~c
To get ri1l of thi::; hated mcc.
TEYX.-Dear Pl'l·sillrnt, it ::;tt·ike · me too, That wc ar · in a prPtty .·tew ;
The wintet·'::; coming on you :;ee, And commatHle •riug':-; " up a tre •."
KRUGER.-Our ho1·s ·s arc so ang-ulat·
The :;addle· on theit· hack hone:; jar : Yea fri •tul, thl•ir hips 1lo so protrude That h<tt can-
-,TEY.·.-'ay no lllOI'c, it':; footl
Our hor::;e · want, they wcr • nut ma,[c To u ·e as-
KRCC:ER.-\Vartlrobe. -since our rahl On ~·atal and the 'apl·, I moum To think wc'v · quit forcrott n cum.
"'TEYX . -Yon really mu:;t makt.• :-;omc amends,
~ • ot joke on ou1· 1lumb IJUine fri nds.
KRcr.ER.-E.-cept, dear teyn, the com and oil
\Ybich ."criptnr · t •ll 11. \\c must poil In ri hteous war on Hooin kit(• .
'l'EY.'.-.\h m, I doubt now that the fight.
·we tarted on :-;o nwni Jy,
KRCOER.-Which have not <>on on .teadily.
''rEYX.-Although w • did firrht sturdily KR 'GBR.-.\tHl I say, tt•yn, my homily,
• ''I'EYX (a:-;i1lP).-I 1li<l not hear· it luckily.
And thank mY .tar. that I wa · out On each occa.:ion when you •· :pout."
KRUGER.-Yea, my dear 'tcyn, I feel th,tt w Will baYe to cut our ·mok -coff e!
And tuany oth r· lu.·ury.
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t<oapjie too, I'll hav to dock, 'PEYX.-.\.tHl \ ·l~lschoen I fitHl out of stock, KR'UC:ER -Our tuumuuition i o shot·t,'TEY.'.-AtHL what i" wor· · •, more can't b bou ht.
YPs, we'r • in a pretty m l"H,
It coul1ln 't well he wor·se, unles.- Kn '(;ER.-I went to hea n in thi.· dr •;-; .
• \. 1·ifl and a ban doli 'I'
I~ lHll'lliY fit for H :nen I fear,
\nwn ·Zmsci •ne • t ll m• I olf tHl .\n1l shoot 111\ hroth •r, Hooinek fritlJHl ;
By Oacl, I hP;, your· }ltll'llon . 'tp~·n ~
• 'TEY • (a,.;i1h ).-I thouqht you walke1l th narrow !ant>, If tho:-; poo1· simpl(• •Tak-haar. kne.w-
KHn:tm.-How ·an thev? hetw • n me atHl you
\V .•, • nsP!l them w
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to :nit our eiHl : · Tlw idiot. thought th •y should defend Th •ir country, and nt farm· and ea ·h• ''l'EY. ·.-.\.nu I HI\· it: wl ·d in a . ma:lt .
• \lmachti"! l't•uft>l! Donn r! ~ sh!
• 'acn'• ! Hi mm I l-it' a ha ·h-
I'Rt'nhrt (piously).-Oh top. you sho k me, .~o Jll' fnn . nparli,nu •man·, dt.\1' ,'t •yn,
Y!lll eh i<l cl 111 ' fm· 111 ,. mall mot!', Bnt, In ! I fin(l you ir; m · boat.
Your ll!'alll i
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a •r at toll har,<h· a ·It· of a milwav ·m·;
Thouu h yom t• pr;• iou. much 1J : t me In :coJH' and iu val'it ty.
• Pnk m1
t \n •hl'L~'lot,
I b our y I.
lri hee-l'h 1 tb r,
STEYX.-We'll hanti our con cience on a tt·ee, Remember Boer posterity.
We'll give them law-we'll inward drum Ar-gu-men-tum ad hom-i-nem,
Translated in the vulgar tongue ; Phy ically fore , and bung, Or bang, or kill, or ct·u h, no le ·s The Rooinek in Khaki dt·e :-;, I'll give them law-
KRUGER.-Now, say no more-
I'll give them prophets, Iau er one's, You're not mnch good at hooting <>uns;
You infinitely much prefer TEYX.-Lex talionis, my dear it".
Which means in our plain conver.,ation, The old law of re-tal-i-a-tion.
We've suffet·ed o from- KRUGER.-What
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dear friend.TEYX.-Oh, never mind, I don't intend To re<l.l>on on the point; but :-;E>e
\V e must be baa ·, we mu.·t he ft·ee.
Ye , we mu t collar all the tin-
KanmR.-.~nu grind them down, it is no t~in.
TEYX.-A in, be hanged, how can they he
_ T ovitiate of . 'anctitv.
In fact, deat· ft·iend, iike .11ou atHl m,·
More likely that the re tmining for The other rom.l, but that't~ not law.
KRUGER.-l'm thinking in a week or two Of taking patit>a<'e-
'TEY.-.-~ow, were you?
It' ·trange, I bad the . ame idea (.Tot that I feel the licrhte't fear), But if om· Burghers took the thought Of "potting" me, I'll not be caucrht.
KRUGER.-. or me, I'll be like Bonapart , And cut and run with all my heart.
OvN·heat·tl,
By "LITTLE Bmo."
In commemoration of tbe Relief of Kimbe rley.
(From Cape Colony .
R ORW .AHD boyf', where hroth~r· utter·,
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® Distant \Yail~ of life opprest ; Onwm·<.l, For·war I without mutt\'1',Do yonr· !luty kbaki-dre':wd.
A belt of nations, killllrPd all, In every clime, to ever·y call :
!\1ost eager, hold, to fly, <ll'fend
Tlwir· r·ights, th ir· hononl', to th~ end.
A guar·Jing angt·l. sw<ml in hand, Is Reated on a ,-;il ver· shield ; Britannia is h •r namP, her land
All round the wol'ld, a bonn<ll •. , stt·and.
A cry comPs tu-, from -Uric\; ,;hor·e, Oh brother·::. come, relicH• om· ::-or·e : Injustice ~tamp::-its iron bet:'l
To cr·n ·h, corn broth,, . ., you can feel.
Fe I for· yon boy:::. ah that ,. can,
\\ 'll come, no fear·, and e'\ery man Well knows llw justice you so pat•ch,
hall <Illick be uone-fm·wa~l. quick mat·ch.
L ft-rictht-doubl <1nick,
,'hot and t:>h U i · falliu" thick · NO\\, cold stPl'l, boys the or<ler run.,
Hooray, they're off \\'e'v >ot the gnn,...
Fon\ ani LancNs and Dra~oom:, Hweep tht•llJ ofl' as f •ll typhoon:-< ; 1'~" • ~ Olll' lance,, t'lllitl with swo1·d,
Lay th ·m l<>wl with tlw ~w<ml.
.An<l that ni •ht in th camp tht•y t •ll, Of how um· f llo\\. fought antl fell ; The dead are I'l'H'I'<'IItlr laitl
With gloJ·y rouJtd th~·m 1111t to f<Hle.
Tht· wounded, th~y with teudt·r band., Relie\·e au<l wr·ap up woutHb with hawls : Th llnt',;e::: •Jnick try '\'or·~ plan,
To ca1'e for •a ·hand ~'' t•r,r tmlll.
They lN•p in fitfulllr am. a111l ~tart,
Thinking the fm• is tH'ar, and dart To ·qua<lron, company and file,
Or sink acrain to f'l<>ep awhil<>.
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Ah \Va•·, you make u~ men ind~ed,
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And thoucrh yom fee h; hlo d, yoU!' ct·eetl Has point~ of honour, fo•· you lea<l
To noble men, though oft th~y hl<>ed.
'oldiers, we honou1· you, mHl ·nch Who ::takt• vou1· live· and eager clutch To right th~ ,~·rong without a fear;
To 'tamp out tho=-e who domineer.
\Ve are not hom to he the ;la\e Of Boc•-. an•l othei'::o who hehav~
Good o•· bad : \\'t' w<·ll can "I'ip
Their throat~, and :-;mite them on the hip .
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Text •lav when tht• Gt·Ill'ral thank~
Hi· g<illant m •n, who in the rankH .\.re thir,;tin~ for hi~ 'i '' ·,; . ·pr~::;s tl,
And more-a Y. '. on t}wir brt!ast.
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How proud our Bl'iti~h :-oltli<'r~ feel ThL·ir countn·'::; honom·. for the zeal Di~playetl to H;l'n• theii· 'ow•·ei~n Queen
~·othin~ to daunt, nothino hl'tw!'en.
Ou1· ,'; iloi'H, too, the jolly tai·:-,
Thev ai'P the t•·m·-born ,;on~ of l\Iai·:;:
\Yirh ;Html gun~. the~P hoy:-of pitl1 .Jn.t camt• in tilll<' to L:uly,;mith.
Thi: daY we he:\1'(1 thl• ~loi·iou. !H'W::;
Of Kimhel'l y':--I'clipf~ h\· F1·ench;
Th • joy thi-. ca'n:-;ed <ii I all infn,;p
The cotmti·y, to\\ n, tht• n~hlr aJHl ti't>nch.
Onr forccc ,;\\ ept th' (h~tn:,:' ."tatt•, That'· lost its fn t·dom on thb datP : It now h 't:Ollll's 1I •t' :\faj(• ·r~··:,
To ·ome a not ton pll·a. ant ph:ve.
Our troop:- haH' captm·etl .Jacob~<lal, Antl 1\:elly-Kenn,\· (G~nt•J·al) I· on tht• t1·ack of opPn plain,
\Yhere Cronjl' bolts to Blot·mfontl'ill.
As bolting i th ·i1· cram· to-u: y
They'll ju.-t oblig · onr m n w •ll hl:ulPd :
~\.1 though. ot C<Htr,..P, WP'll heat· t ht•m ,.., y '011( J.oi/lu/ t!nt{IICO ttrt ll{tj;ht/! /I'OIInd rf .
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A 1h~.·pot fill >cl with m~ul cone ·it, Invade. tlw Empire to defeat The hated :-;on. of Alhion fr~ ,
And <hive her ~nhjt>cb to the :<t•a.
For while the ritll';; mnru •rou: hall Fulfil!:-: it: mi.-:;ion, Yet th 'Y call
~\.loncl on IIigh mo~t .·trennrni:;ly, To hlt>s: th il· dc•c cl of infamy.
Gr ·at On \\ ho l'tt! ,.. in maje,..ty.
Din•ctinJ.!, ll illlllH n. it\', We cry to Th '<' for jnstic •, aid,
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And may ont· h •at•t on Th P hc• ,.. 'lYP<l.
?IIa> lll<H'al fot·ct> IJ' gi' t'll 11",
'l;o 1-ilop thi" wicl·cd, lmrharon:
And hragcrart foe ; ma~ they .;oon know That Thou art \\ i th t lwir hate< I fo :\hl\' all th it· uH•t-c<.man· b.mu
f~e pnt to llight, and 'untler:;tand That bla~ph •my will Inn recoil
'pon their head. -th •it· action:- foil.
God :;ave onr l:t-acion Qu •11. ''-'<' :;ing, Allll He \\ill ,.a, , gi ,. "' c•t·nhiug That ju~tiee pt·ompt , \\ill hea;. our cry-
God :save Her hral'i•m,.. ~Iaj ,..ty.
•nJi, i-. u .. w L'Ont=lictl I L. th · 11 r . who maintain that th y urri\'ed nt tlleir <lc,tinatiou m re uuw rou, than ther -tarted-ancl t no ne Joined them ! \\', wlerful' E•p<'Clftlly •o cariy iu the century-In fac
thi- heat' the hanul•-• l~cldilc -hell
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hear -o much about from then r-.If thl'Y mn -t:lllcl thc.:lll -miliu '-that' 11 rkht.
Port .Elizah •th, , .. \., Fel>t·tw•·~ l;)th, 1! 1.
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