Comrades, clasp hands,
the time demands
this night we spend enjoying
the jovial word
round festive board,
grim, carking care destroying.
Liquor this night
Shall sparkle bright,
with homage pay to Beauty
And brave men who
Oft conflict knew
Shall take a rest from duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then fill the cup with liquor up
Pledge ev\u2019ry man his neighbour
That in the light of Truth he\u2019ll fight
To win the world for Labour<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Comrades the tears
Our class thro\u2019 years
Hath shed the wide world over
Have taken root
And soon the fruit
Our tyrants shall discover;
And when at length
We show our strength
And send each despot flying
With joy and mirth
Like ours, the Earth
Shall hail Oppression dying<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chorus<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n For who with zest Chorus<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Then, comrades, toast A Festive Song Comrades, clasp hands,the time demandsthis night we spend enjoyingthe jovial wordround festive board,grim, carking care destroying.Liquor this nightShall sparkle bright,with homage pay to BeautyAnd brave men whoOft conflict knewShall take a rest from duty. Then fill the cup with liquor upPledge ev\u2019ry man his neighbourThat in the light of Truth he\u2019ll fightTo…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"nosidebar.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-317","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matandyvonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matandyvonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matandyvonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matandyvonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matandyvonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/matandyvonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318,"href":"https:\/\/matandyvonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/317\/revisions\/318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matandyvonne.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Can laugh the best
But he who laughs the longest
And in the fight
Twixt wrong and right
The laugh is with the strongest
Since Time began
Fate\u2019s mighty plan
The laugh gave to the proudest
But History
Shall tell that we
Did laugh the last and loudest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Great Freedom\u2019s host,
And loudly sing her praises
And honoured be,
O\u2019er land and sea
Woe\u2019er her banner raises,
So, ere we leave,
A wreath we\u2019ll weave
Of flow\u2019rs of Earth\u2019s best gleaning
With Maid and Wife
With Hope of Life
Free from a tyrant\u2019s scheming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"