Lains to strengthen virtue's cause,
Wrangs to reighten,—griefs to cheer;
This awr motto—'persevere.'
Let us show to foreign empires
Loyalty's noa empty booast;
We can scorn the thirsty vampires
If they dar molest awr cooast:
To awr Queen an' country dear
Still we'll cling an' persevere.
But as on throo life we hurry,