But since the War began your English readers

Have welcomed Martin's admirable leaders—

Which prove that all that's honest, clean and wise

In the United States is pro-Allies—

And learned to recognise in Life a friend

On whom to reckon to the bitter end.

But these good services you now have crowned

By something finer, braver, more profound—

Your "John Bull Number," where we gladly trace

Pride in the common glories of our race,