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'CTERE'S to the beautiful Yankee Girl,
With her keen bright et/es and her teeth ofpearl.
And her smart repartee and her WilloWp
Waist,
And her loose-fitting costume in elegant
taste.
And her dollars galore, and some things
beside—
Gadzooks, but she makes a desirable
bride i
The tricks of Society she learns When a
child.
And she catches all the dukes Who run Wild.
M M M
TF all your beauties, one by one.
* I pledge, dear,I am thinking
"Before the tale Were Well begun
I had been dead of drinking.
M M JS
XJTERE'S to the braVest ofthe braVe!
Our Valiant sons Who fought to
saVe
Our honour on the boundless Veldt,
Who all the stress of Warfare felt.
Who dying,fought, and fighting, died.
Fit subjects for their country's pride!
Here's to their manes, their death
less glory!
Long shall their deeds
^ ^ survive in story.