Other formats

    Adobe Portable Document Format file (facsimile images)   TEI XML file   ePub eBook file  

Connect

    mail icontwitter iconBlogspot iconrss icon

Victoria College Students' Carnival. Thursday and Saturday - 25th & 27th June 1908

Chorus

Chorus.

Sons and daughters of Zealandia,
Know ye aught that could be grander,
Than the labour for Zealandia
By the pioneer ?

For Men's Shirts and Ties, Try James Smith and Sons, The New House.

page 28

Smoke "Cameo" Cigarettes, the Best.

By his toil midst tribulations,
Help'd he later generations
Make a name amongst the nations
For Zealandia here.
How can we reward him ?
Only can we laud him.
Whoso heeds his noble deeds,
Will ever praise accord him,
'Tis the sturdy pioneer,
Made us here, a people freer;
Praise the noble pioneer,
Proud Zealandia.

In these heroes' footsteps glorious,
Have we leaders ruling o'er us,
Over ev'ry strife victorious,
Worthy of our praise.
Worthy of our adoration,
Is the statesman's high vocation,
Guiding people of the nation
Through the social maze.
Thanks to those who lead us,
Ev'ry state will heed us.
Love of gold will never hold
The minds of who succeed us.
Art and Wisdom be arrayed here,
Peace and Freedom ne'er will fade here,
We shall found a true Arcadia.
Proud Zealandia.

Just one stave more and the song is done,
A stave for the olden time;
One age has passed, and the age to come
Is the age of the golden prime !
So praise we men who have passed away,
Who hold to a legend bold;
Whatever a sordid world may say,
Wisdom is more than gold.

Chorus.
So when we are singing of College,
Singing the songs of old,
Think of the past,
Hold to the last,
That it's wisdom that's more than gold !

For this is the burden of the world,
Which it speaketh day by day
Though many a worldly lip be curled
With a sheer that it does not pay :
In our ears is the voice of a Mammon age,
In our hearts is a tale that's old,
The tale of our garnered heritage—
The wisdom that's more than gold !